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Hillary Clinton: “They don’t like the world we’re living in and they have that in common with, you know, autocratic leaders from Russia to…”

On the recordNovember 23, 2021
They don’t like the world we’re living in and they have that in common with, you know, autocratic leaders from Russia to Turkey to Hungary to Brazil and so many other places, who are driven by personal power and greed and corruption but who utilize fears about change to try to get people to hate one another and feel insecure and, therefore, be easily manipulated by demagogues and by disinformation.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York
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msnbc.com

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Hillary Clinton discusses the motivations behind autocratic leaders and their manipulation of public fears.

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