One of the Achilles heels of autocracies is that you don’t have people in those system who speak truth to power.
Antony Blinken: “One of the Achilles heels of autocracies is that you don’t have people in those system who speak truth to power.”
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Blinken discusses the lack of honest communication within autocratic regimes.
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