In their new podcast:

#PeterPomerantsev: I’m comforted by the fact that Americans love freedom. It means that #autocracy is unlikely to get very far.

@anneapplebaum: That’s where you’re wrong, Peter. Freedom can be used against #democracy.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/autocracy-in-america/id1763234285?i=1000671762164