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Jim Risch: “Autocrats fear the loss of control, and this ensures opposing ideas are neither seen nor heard.”

On the recordSeptember 11, 2024
Autocrats fear the loss of control, and this ensures opposing ideas are neither seen nor heard.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch explains the motivations behind authoritarian regimes' suppression of dissent.

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