Epstein Secrets

inance behind a screen of false diversity. They have adapted in many ways to the age of the inter- "We're not perfect. But we do have democracy." —Hugo Chavez "Yes, we falsified the last election.... In fact, 93.5 percent [of ballots were] for President Lukashenka. People say this is not a European resu

ble. But would the general decline in military budgets hold? Would the new national boundaries that divided the former Soviet Union and the former Yugoslavia be sustainable? As modern authoritarianism has taken root and ex- panded its influence, the answers to these questions are increasingly negative.

rable. But would the general decline in military budgets hold? Would the new national boundaries that divided the former Soviet Union and the former Yugoslavia be sustainable? As modern authoritarianism has taken root and ex- panded its influence, the answers to these questions are increasingly negative. 1

inance behind a screen of false diversity. They have adapted in many ways to the age of the inter- “We're not perfect. But we do have democracy.” —Hugo Chavez “Yes, we falsified the last election... In fact, 93.5 percent [of ballots were] for President Lukashenka. People say this is not a European result,

mptions can lead you into as much trouble this quickly. Even in 1989-90, those countries were the exception and not the rule. Think Ukraine, Belarus, Yugoslavia, Romania, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and of course Russia itself. More people live in countries where the 1989-90 revolutionary wave failed t

know that demagogues and aspiring despots can use the language and even the mechanisms of democracy to build personal dictatorships (Napoleon IlI and Hugo Chavez, for example). We know that popular opinion is sometimes more nationalistic than elite opinion and that gains for democracy do not always lead to mor