Aug 4, 2026 · 20 min · 12 segments
Why would the world’s largest country risk everything to destroy a smaller neighbor? What is it about Ukraine that poses a greater threat to Vladimir Putin than any army? Pulitzer Prize-winning…
Anne ApplebaumGuestLynn ThomanHostIt's a remarkably positive story about democracy.
war?I think number one, this is a war that will determine the future of democracy in Europe.
If Ukraine wins, that will give a lot of impetus for people who want their countries to be organized in this more entrepreneurial, more open way.
[chime] Secondly, this is a war that will define the future of military technology, and it will lead the way, and it will show us how wars will be fought in the future.
[chime] Thirdly, this is a war in which we see that a grassroots way of organizing society can win against an autocratic way of organizing society, that individual entrepreneurship is something that's very powerful, and it can defeat even this allegedly more decisive, allegedly more streamlined autocratic political systems.
I love that.
I love the idea that democracies are stronger and far more innovative than they appear on the surface.
It's a remarkably positive story about democracy.
war?I think number one, this is a war that will determine the future of democracy in Europe.
If Ukraine wins, that will give a lot of impetus for people who want their countries to be organized in this more entrepreneurial, more open way.
[chime] Secondly, this is a war that will define the future of military technology, and it will lead the way, and it will show us how wars will be fought in the future.
[chime] Thirdly, this is a war in which we see that a grassroots way of organizing society can win against an autocratic way of organizing society, that individual entrepreneurship is something that's very powerful, and it can defeat even this allegedly more decisive, allegedly more streamlined autocratic political systems.
I love that.
I love the idea that democracies are stronger and far more innovative than they appear on the surface.
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