Pulp Fiction

“We must worry about what’s happening in Russia and China, as well as in Hungary. It’s been weeks since authoritarian regimes, even through the pervasive and unscrupulous use of the Internet and fake news, flooded the West with messages questioning the effectiveness of democratic systems in tackling the pandemic. The mantra is always the same: ‘Democratic systems are not able to protect you. Take example from China. Only a strong government can guarantee protection and safety’. This false narrative is as much — if not even more — a threat to Western democracies than the pandemic itself”, 13th World Chess Champion Garry Kimovich Kasparov said in an interview to Gianni Vernetti for La Stampa of April 14, 2020. Photo: La Stampa.