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"If anyone is wondering what our future will look like, read this gift article from The Atlantic:" [View all]
David Stone
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If anyone is wondering what our future will look like, read this gift article from The Atlantic:
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Anne Applebaum
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"Living through the rise of a dictatorship just means inhabiting a space that is gradually shrinking. There’s no point in resisting, not at first. You just make do with whatever breathing room you still have—until you lose that too."
Read Gisela Salim-Peyer:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Authoritarianism Feels Surprisingly Normal—Until It Doesn’t
Life in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed.
www.theatlantic.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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If anyone is wondering what our future will look like, read this gift article from The Atlantic:
bsky.app/profile/anne...
Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
· 6h
"Living through the rise of a dictatorship just means inhabiting a space that is gradually shrinking. There’s no point in resisting, not at first. You just make do with whatever breathing room you still have—until you lose that too."
Read Gisela Salim-Peyer:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Authoritarianism Feels Surprisingly Normal—Until It Doesn’t
Life in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed.
www.theatlantic.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
If anyone is wondering what our future will look like, read this gift article from The Atlantic:
— David Stone (@david-stone.bsky.social) 2025-09-27T17:03:56.297Z
bsky.app/profile/anne...
Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
"Living through the rise of a dictatorship just means inhabiting a space that is gradually shrinking. There’s no point in resisting, not at first. You just make do with whatever breathing room you still have—until you lose that too."
Read Gisela Salim-Peyer:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/venezuela-autocratic-rise/684135/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3z2nKoobE8leAXa22ZftGsM&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Authoritarianism Feels Surprisingly Normal—Until It Doesn’t
Life in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed.
www.theatlantic.com
September 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
"Living through the rise of a dictatorship just means inhabiting a space that is gradually shrinking. There’s no point in resisting, not at first. You just make do with whatever breathing room you still have—until you lose that too."
Read Gisela Salim-Peyer:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/venezuela-autocratic-rise/684135/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3z2nKoobE8leAXa22ZftGsM&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Authoritarianism Feels Surprisingly Normal—Until It Doesn’t
Life in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed.
www.theatlantic.com
September 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
"Living through the rise of a dictatorship just means inhabiting a space that is gradually shrinking. There’s no point in resisting, not at first. You just make do with whatever breathing room you still have—until you lose that too."
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) 2025-09-27T14:13:26.556Z
Read Gisela Salim-Peyer:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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