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- Did you know that the political earthquake of Brexit was actually a strategic testing ground for the Kremlin’s influence on the 2016 U.S. presidential election?
- Have you ever wondered why right-wing populism is suddenly sweeping across Europe and America, and who might be orchestrating this global shift from behind the scenes?
- Are you curious about the specific tactics being used to export "unfreedom" to the West and how they are actively reshaping the democratic world as we know it?
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Key Takeaways from The Road to Unfreedom
- Understand the dangerous shift from the 'politics of inevitability' to the 'politics of eternity,' a paranoid state where governments manipulate constant fear to maintain power.
- Discover how Vladimir Putin resurrected the obscure ideas of 20th-century Christian fascist Ivan Ilyin to build and justify a right-wing dictatorship in modern Russia.
- Learn how Russian leadership exploited manufactured crises, such as the 1999 bombings and theater attacks, to seize control of independent media and crush political opposition.
- Find out why massive protests over faked 2011 elections prompted Putin to scapegoat the United States and European Union, resulting in draconian laws that criminalized dissent.
- Uncover Russia's 2013 foreign policy shift to destabilize the European Union from within by exporting its authoritarian ideology to build a rival 'Eurasian' empire.
The Road to Unfreedom — Full Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Recommendation
Chapter 2: At Russia’s core, the shift toward a politics of eternity ultimately hinged deeply, entirely on Ivan Ilyin’s philosophy.
Chapter 3: Putin increasingly entrenched Ilyin’s conception of a dystopian Russia across his first three terms in office.
Chapter 4: Putin’s offensive against the European Union started in 2013.
Chapter 5: Ukraine’s 2013–14 mass protests were a product of Russia’s Eurasian imperialism.
Chapter 6: Russia deployed propaganda at home and abroad to advance the politics of eternity.
Chapter 7: Donald Trump’s path to the presidency was laid by Russian meddling.
The Road to Unfreedom Summary & Overview
The Road to Unfreedom (2018) chronicles the extraordinary political age we are now living in. Russian expansionism, led by Vladimir Putin, threatens to encroach on the freedoms that people in Europe and America enjoy. After having successfully helping to bring about Brexit, the Kremlin set its gaze on the United States and, in doing so, played a central role in ushering in the Donald Trump presidency. And with Europe in the midst of a right-wing ascendancy, Russia is wielding a greater influence than ever before.
Who Should Listen to The Road to Unfreedom?
- Anyone hoping to understand why right-wing populism is on the rise
- Americans looking to find out how Russia influenced the 2016 election
- Students of political science, international relations or history
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