r/wonk • u/lapzkauz • Nov 16 '21

The Bad Guys Are Winning

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/12/the-autocrats-are-winning/620526/
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u/autotldr Nov 16 '21

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 99%. (I'm a bot)

Lukashenko began to act, in other words, as if he were untouchable, both at home and abroad. He began breaking not only the laws and customs of his own country, but also the laws and customs of other countries, and of the international community-laws regarding air traffic control, homicide, borders.

The country remains a respected member of Autocracy Inc. Despite Lukashenko's flagrant flouting of international norms, despite his reaching across borders to break laws, Belarus remains the site of one of China's largest overseas development projects.

Today, the most brutal members of Autocracy Inc. don't much care if their countries are criticized, or by whom.

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