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Snyder on tyranny summary5/17/2023 ![]() ![]() Elsewhere, other putative democracies, including the United Kingdom, the Philippines, and Brazil, have elected authoritarian leaders and sown the seeds of a similar degradation of the liberal status quo. ![]() It’s not hard to understand why: America, which long ago convinced itself that it is the natural home of freedom and democracy, barely dodged the bullet of re-electing a president whose contempt for institutions and the democratic process was palpable, and it has seen the repercussions – an increasingly polarized electorate, growing radicalism, and a near-insurrection at the nation’s capital – ever since. Tyranny is on a lot of peoples’ minds these days, both at home and abroad. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century ![]()
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