Reddit reviews The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
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The Gaslit Nation podcast hosts (Sarah Kendzior & Andrea Chalupa) just made a strong recommendation for a book called "The Road to Unfreedom". I haven't ordered it yet but they said it lays out the roadmap for the next steps of moving the US towards a Russian dictatorship and advises on how to cope with and counter those steps.
https://www.amazon.com/Road-Unfreedom-Russia-Europe-America/dp/0525574468
It's not just this one tactic. The Trump "administration" is using multiple strategies and figures from the Putin regime. The fact that Paul goddamn Manafort was his campaign manager right after working for Yanukovych (Putin's stooge in Ukraine) set off so many alarm bells, but it was mostly dismissed as an "out there" conspiracy theory at the start. The "lock her up" rhetorical tactic was also seen first in Ukraine, and Putin himself has used boisterous, aggressively nationalistic rallies.
I can't recommend strongly enough that people read Timothy Snyder's Road to Unfreedom. It lays out in full the similarities in both Putin's and Trump's assaults on democracy, as well as their connections.
I was reading up on the book "The Road to Unfreedom". Not that I like being paranoid, I wonder how much of the British politicians are compromised by Russia.
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Well first of all the premise is a little odd, since Ukraine wasn't anti-Russian they simply wanted the president (who since fled to Russia) to sign a pro-EU association agreement. This was supported by the people and parliament of Ukraine. He said he would sign it. At the last minute he decided not to sign (probably from external pressure from Putin). This caused peaceful protests in the capital. At a certain point the president (who has since fled to Russia) decided to use lethal force against the protesters. This prompted the parliament to begin impeachment proceedings and only increased the number of protesters. At a certain point the president fled to Russia to avoid impeachment and not face the consequences. The Euromaidan wasn't about hate of Russia, the hate came when Russia invaded Ukraine and occupied Crimea and Donbas. If you want a more in-depth breakdown there is the documentary on Netflix called Winter on Fire and the book The Road to Unfreedom by Timothy Snyder has a chapter dedicated to Ukraine.
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Great book. Can recommend.