Ready for A Night In? Grab a beverage and join Tabby and Kate as they talk about current and historical power consolidation.
00:20 A drink as a warm up
01:10 We have noticed a trend… the people in power are consolidating power
02:20 Freedom of speech is at risk all over the world
03:15 The Trump Administration does not like the freedom of information act
03:55 Ways leaders consolidate power: loyal base of follower, payment and favors to followers, limit freedom of speech and silence those who oppose you…
05:30 One of our favorite events in history, the consolidation of power, the Soviet way
07:00 Western democracy, an intellectual contagion… Thanks Napoleon
11:00 The monarchy collapses and the Duma declares a provisional government, which unfortunately was committed to a vastly unpopular war… guess its time for a revolution!
13:00 Stalin builds a web on influence throughout Eastern Europe and slowly replaces politicians in those counties with soviet leaders and before anyone knows it, BAM communism.
14:00 So you should be afraid of Russia. Why? Misinformation campaigns.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/science/putin-russia-disinformation-health-coronavirus.html
Additional Reading:
https://www.snopes.com/ap/2018/03/14/u-s-sets-new-record-censoring-withholding-government-files/
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/03/how-authoritarians-are-exploiting-covid-19-crisis-grab-power
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/emancipation-russian-serfs-1861
https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/6w1nw8/how_does_one_consolidate_power/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z9wxj6f/revision/3
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