As I was reading The Next Civil War by Stephen Marche I mentioned the book to someone. Our conversation led me to understand that the subject was not high on everyone’s radars as I had assumed.
Polls show that 64% of Americans believe their democracy is "in crisis and at risk of failing." Another poll found only 17% of adults said democracy in the U.S. is a good example for other countries to follow. Freedom House has dropped its ranking for the US’s freedom spectrum to 59th, one point below Mongolia and one point above Ghana.
Then war in Ukraine put democracy on the front burner.
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