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Podcast: The Bunker – News without the nonsense
Episode: How to beat the strongmen – and save democracy
Description: How do we overcome opportunist strongmen leaders, who grab power while nations are in turmoil? As countries battle stagnant growth, high inflation and inept governments, we’ve seen a rise in autocracies. Charles Dunst, author of Defeating the Dictators: How Democracy Can Prevail in the Age of the Strongman joins Andrew Harrison to ask what the allure of these dictators is and why they are thriving in uncertain times.
“The majority of autocracies don’t work, but in the richest ones there is no yearning for democracy.”
“If you’re a developing country, the road to riches ofte...