How Democracies Die

How Democracies Die

2018 • 320 pages

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Average rating4.2

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I felt like the book title and opening promise a more generalized view of democracies throughout history and how they in general go but it became fairly US-centric shortly in and uses the world examples only as a cautionary tale for Americans. Other than that minor disappointment, I thought it was a good analysis of how US democracy has managed to succeed so far, how it has handled authoritarian advances in the past and how it is not well-equipped to handle it in the near future.

I didn't really take this as a Trump sucks book, but I am biased. I found it a study of Trump's election and why he succeeded why others have failed in the same kind of attempt.

February 23, 2023Report this review