Twilight of Democracy

The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

Paperback, 400 pages

English language

Published July 21, 2020 by Random House Large Print.

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978-0-593-21478-7
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Authoritarianism appeals, simply, to people who cannot tolerate complexity





I would have never known about this book if I wasn't in a book bingo challenge that asks us to read one of Barack Obama's recommended reads of 2020. I spent the whole time reading it wondering how I had missed following this author. The book opens with the story of her New Year's Eve party in 1999. She was an American living in Poland. She is a journalist. Her husband is a leader in conservative circles in Poland. She talks about the people at that party. They were close friends. They were godparents to each other's children. Now they don't speak. Ideological differences since then have pushed them apart. Many of her former friends have gone on to support authoritarianism in Poland, the U.K., and the U.S. She and her husband are more centrist-right in their political ideas. They are …