Authoritarianism in the united states thus far lacks its Tocqueville, its defining chronicler, but many current publications have shed light on what is called, euphemistically, “democratic backsliding.” Some authors, like the historian Anne Applebaum, seem to Europe’s fascist resurgence for analogies and influences. Others, between them the political experts Steven https://nativ.media:443/wiki/index.php?josephtouch89