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    The Oldest Question in Politics

    Jan 17, 2022 3 minutes
    By Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS and columnist for the Washington Post

    LMOST 25 YEARS AGO, I in fledgling democracies. Countries in the former Soviet empire and elsewhere were holding elections, leaders were gaining power with considerable popular support—but these leaders were then acting in ways that under-mined liberal democracy. They would intimidate the opposition and free press, bypass institutions and laws, and rule by executive fiat or decree. Sometimes these moves went unnoticed; often they were popular.

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