Expert explains how inept Western leaders are paving the way for autocrats to take over the world by failing to tackle domestic issues
Taiwan has fallen to China. The war lasted years, cost tens of thousands of lives, and ruined the economy – but that was a cost Xi Jinping was willing to pay to write his name into history.
America fought back, but despite having the superior military there was simply too much political division at home and amongst its allies to put up a proper defence.
Beijing‘s iron will won the day, and the world has taken note. Autocracy has triumphed over democracy. The war of ideals has been lost.
It is Xi’s world now. We just live in it.
That is the apocalyptic vision put forward by expert Charles Dunst in his new book Defeating the Dictators as he warns that democracy is now in a fight with autocracy for control of the future, and is in danger of losing unless it rapidly gets its act together.
But victory will not belong to whoever has the biggest army, he argues. It will be won by whoever can prove their system works best.
In his doomsday vision, America loses to China not because it lacks weapons – but because it lacks conviction in its own way of life.