… here and in the rest of the west that is not directly connected to this conflict, but still affected by it. And one of the things you notice is that Our country, and certainly Europe and Australia, New Zealand and Canada have all clamped down on their own populations in very unusual, unprecedented ways over the past year. But particularly since this war started two weeks ago, and that's a familiar phenomenon, countries at war tend to become more authoritarian. It always happens, but we should be on guard against it. (00:33–00:47)
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