They might even evolve into democracies themselves, unlike the “totalitarian” communist states. Though hostile to democracy at home, they did not care what happened beyond their borders. Unlike communist governments, they had no universalist pretensions, no anti-liberal “ideology” to export. We believed that “traditional” autocratic governments were devoid of grand theories about society and, for the most part, left their people alone.
Illustrations by Matt Chase for The Washington Post
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