A Problem Like Putin

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a news conference in Moscow, Russia, December 23, 2021. (Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via Reuters )
The big-picture danger is not men such as the Russian dictator. It’s the totalitarian states that produce them.




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V
ladimir Putin is one man. How has it come to pass that a single man, the corrupt and banal ruler of a decadent and backward country, should be able to convulse the entire world, more or less on his own?

There are analogous situations in private life. A screaming baby may be the least powerful person in a room, but he can dominate the room with his screams. A heckler can momentarily interrupt a performance and command the attention of a thousand people in a theater. Criminals often are weak men, but they can impose their will on others simply by

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