Sweeping long-read from @anneapplebaum on the current mass propaganda era w roots in the past in terms of autocracy and democracy. How the far right wants to redact understanding of how information spreads. With a short section on the attacks on university disinformation researchers.

#university #disinformation #propaganda #democracy #autocracy #research

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/06/china-russia-republican-party-relations/678271/