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We Don't Know How Democracies Die

2/14/2018

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How Democracies Die, a book by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, has been garnering much attention in recent weeks. The book warns about the possibility of a slide into American authoritarianism and draws lessons from the collapse of democracies around the world. This new release is part of an ongoing debate on whether Donald Trump is a grave danger to American democracy. Levitsky and Ziblatt are noted political scientists, with decades of important scholarship on democratic and authoritarian regimes. While the global review of cases of democratic decline is thorough and accurate, the comparisons they draw with the American case is part of an increasingly hysterical discourse on American politics by liberal commentators. The cases Levitsky and Ziblatt employ shed little light on current developments in American politics, and they neglect to identify the crucial international shifts leading to democratic decline in vulnerable countries. The United States is a long-standing, consolidated democracy and is not in immediate danger of collapse. However, pointing out the global climate of democratic decline and accurately identifying its causes is an important task.
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http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2018/02/08/we-dont-know-how-democracies-die/

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6/21/2019 11:25:16 pm

Democracy is what makes America the country that it is. It is because we value the vote of everyone that makes this a fair country. Sure, we do not always make the best decisions, but that is part of our country's identity. If you ask me, we need to be more self-aware of the decisions that we make. While I do say this, it is really hard to make changes to our lives, especially as an entire set of people.

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