“On Tyranny” - Chapter 16: “Learn from peers in other countries”
Snyder points out that what’s happening in the United States is part of a larger trend and we are seeing where there is push-back against what is happening here. But the trend remains; the shifting of power balances to the right, to the so-called “strong men”. However, we see cases where liberalism is winning and support of leaders who stand up to the current occupant of the White House is growing. That said, what of people in the U.S. itself? To be sure, the incumbent did not win by a landslide and indeed, does not have a mandate. However, that has not stopped the onslaught of his executive orders and he has been directly empowered by the Legislature, either explicitly or tacitly, by silent complicity. As I write, USAID has been dismantled, the Department of Education is being disassembled, the Center for Disease Control has seen valuable information scrubbed from its site and heavy firings so that a response to the measles outbre...