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How authoritarianism has spread since the start of the coronavirus pandemic

According to pro-democracy institutions, authoritarianism is on the rise in the world even before the coronavirus pandemic was unleashed. But experts say the distraction from the crisis has allowed some leaders to interact in their dictatorial impulses without attracting much attention from the other people they govern. Nick Schifrin reports on this no-like global dynamic and talks to Anne Applebaum of The Atlantic.

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