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The Future Is History

8 min read 12 min listen Narrated by Sam
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What’s it about?

A deeply personal account of how post-Soviet Russia traded hope for authoritarianism, tracing the systematic destruction of a generation's belief in the future.

You’ll learn

  • How Putin dismantled democratic institutions
  • The weaponization of history and information
  • Why fear of the future enables authoritarianism
  • The psychological cost of a closed society