Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

THREAD: At year's end, 2022 has turned out a lot better than many people expected. I want to talk about two of the deep reasons why — old knowledge, hard won in the 20th century, about the fundamental nature of democracy and authoritarianism — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

First, this was a year of policy failures for authoritarian governments. The war in Ukraine is the obvious example, but there were other important examples — like China's zero Covid policy — that blew up in various regime's faces. — PolitiTweet.org