Michael McFaul @McFaul
In academia, , we use "autocracy" not literally to mean one person rule, but to refer to a regime of autocratic rule. We do the same with the word, 'democracy". (We dont literally mean "people rule." & nothing "soft" about this regime for those that suffer from it. — PolitiTweet.org
John M Evans @EvansinAmerica
Beg to differ, Michael. Putin is not an "autocrat." The soft authoritarianism is not самодержавие, not by a long s… https://t.co/yHBiK8ZWpw