Not all battles can be won with language, arguments, conferences, or diplomacy. About the author: Anne Applebaum is a staff writer at The Atlantic, a fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, and the author of Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/liberal-democracy-worth-fight/619833/