Alex Levine’s Reviews > Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century > Status Update

“The authorities under communism…tried to create the illusion of consent. Under Putin, many Russians consented to illusions.” Also fascinating point that arguably Singapore’s a better place to understand how tech-infused societies have continued to accept authoritarianism than oft-cited China, where for half the country’s population in towns and villages old-school repressive apparatuses still work fine.