In Fast Company, Leadership Now CEO Daniella Ballou-Aares and Policy Member Grant Tudor from Protect Democracy warn against the dangers of appeasing authoritarian threats. They cite recent examples, like allies of former President Trump threatening Deloitte’s federal contracts over an employee’s publicized messages with Senator J.D. Vance.
As Daniella and Grant put it, “Appeasement is likely to not just fail, but to make things worse. Autocrats observe that their threats pay off—and so they escalate them.”
Their message: Collective action is the antidote.
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