Langbeschreibung
From Russia to South Africa, from Turkey to the Philippines, from Venezuela to Hungary, authoritarian leaders have smashed restraints on their power. The freedom of the media and the judiciary has eroded. The right to vote remains, but the right to have one's vote counted honestly does not. Until the US presidential election of 2016, the global decline of democracy seemed a concern for other people in other lands. That complacent optimism has been upended by the political rise of Donald Trump. The crisis is upon Americans, here and now.