The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America - Timothy Snyder
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With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy was thought to be absolute. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a peaceful, globalized future. But we now know this to be premature. Authoritarianism first returned in Russia, as Putin developed a political system dedicated solely to the consolidation and exercise of power. In the last six years, it has creeped from east to west as nationalism inflames Europe, abetted by Russian propaganda and cyberwarfare. While countries like Poland and Hungary have made hard turns towards authoritarianism, the electoral upsets of 2016 revealed the citizens of the US and UK in revolt against their countries’ longstanding policies and values.
But this threat to the West also presents an opportunity to better understand the pillars of our own political order. In this forceful and unsparing work of contemporary history, Snyder goes beyond the headlines to expose the true nature of the threat to democracy. By showcasing the stark choices before us–between equality or oligarchy, individuality or totality, truth and falsehood–Snyder restores our understanding of the basis of our way of life, offering a way forward in a time of terrible uncertainty.
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This post has 12 comments with rating of 5/5
April 7th, 2018
-•:*”*:•.-:¦:-Thank you very much.-:¦:-•:*”*:•.-
April 9th, 2018
A play on Hayek’s Road to Serfdom… no mention of marxism or postmodernism… scapegoating the ‘right-wing’ nationalist baddies (fascism is left-wing, kids)… Russia is no longer socialist and is now the enemy…
Bloodlands was informative, but it doesn’t look good for this book. What is it with ((())) and defending marxists?
April 11th, 2018
ratiotile, you clearly distinguish yourself as an anti-intellectual. A quick look in a history reference under DEFINITIONS will improve your comprehension of what fascism, communism, socialism, and conservatism are. Also be sure to red about POPULISM. It may be worth while to gain an understanding of scapegoating, that postmodernism is a joke, marxism has been dead for over a century, and there are no socialists. Mkay thx.
February 13th, 2019
@katibi
This is an American phenomenon, attempting to revise history to repaint early 20th-century nationalist movements as being socialist.
It’s only become worse in recent years, with the rise of contemporary nationalist movements and the parallels that can be drawn between them and those of a century ago. Given that everyone agrees that the nationalists a century ago were pretty evil, the current ones need to rationalise it away: “those nationalists who were similar to us were actually socialists and we’re not socialists despite that we act the same way as early 20th century fascists, who were socialists.”
We need a new Olympic event for mental gymnastics.
June 26th, 2019
@UncapedCrusader
It certainly takes some mental gymnastics to claim that NSDAP, which stands for National Socialist German Workers’ Party, was not socialist.
November 20th, 2019
@pinback
By your logic Democratic Republic of North Korea is both democratic and republic. This is a very important book and you will ignore it at your peril irrespective of your political leanings.
October 13th, 2020
@wuuk Thanks so much for sharing this. If possible, would love to listen his new book “Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary”!
July 15th, 2021
@WangLaoshi2020 Hear! Hear!
Thank a lot, wuuk.
August 24th, 2022
@pinback
It says Oxo on buses, but they don’t go there.
March 17th, 2023
Damn, not often I randomly come across a comment I made years ago.
@pinback — people in Germany at the time didn’t fall for it, there’s zero excuse for someone to fall for it a century later. The Nazis barely pretended to be socialists, e.g. they never complained about being seated on the far-right of the Reichstag, to the right of the conservatives, with the communists on the far left, to the left of the socialists, with the liberals and Catholics and others in the center.
The whole reason Hitler joined a socialist party in the first place was because he was infiltrating it on behalf of the German military, with a mind to suppressing it if it became successful. Then Hitler took it over, added “national” to the name and took it right. There was a socialist wing within the Nazi party but they were either pushed out or murdered (e.g. Night of the Long Knives).
Of course, pinback would know all that if they had a single clue about the relevant history, but they don’t, they were just regurgitating talking points about a matter they’re not familiar with.
November 26th, 2025
seed please
February 17th, 2026
Can someone please seed?
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