autocracy
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Autocracy thrives on apathy and complacency, but even in dark times, people can accomplish the unexpected by choosing to take risks and fight back.
From Slate • Sep. 27, 2025
This is a lot of what I wrote about in "Laboratories of Autocracy," expanded on here.
From Salon • May 28, 2023
Autocracy forced many into tough ethical choices, and Stoicism offered guidance, often to the detriment of the autocrat.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 6, 2018
Autocracy is roughly defined as a system of government by one person with absolute power.
From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2018
Autocracy at home, a mystical and sentimental alliance with autocrats abroad, were incompatible with the indulgence of liberal proclivities.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
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