The Fanciful Dreams of the Autocrat: Stalin's "Dead Road"
Autocratic rulers come to power by promoting grandiose visions to their supporters. Fanciful schemes garner political support in closed societies where the free exchange of ideas is forbidden. But the dreams of the autocrat last only so long as the autocratic regime stays in power. Once the truth is allowed to flourish, the waste and folly of the aut…
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