When belief in progress has vanished, populists promise to rebuild the past – at all costs

When belief in progress has vanished, populists promise to rebuild the past – at all costs

Timothy Snyder – the road to unfreedom

October 2019: Elaborate and fascinating analysis of Putin’s Russia, which bears striking parallels to what populists in Western countries try, more recently.

March 2022: Chilling to see these themes back in Putin’s messaging around the Ukraine invasion.