Surviving Autocracy

hardcover, 288 páginas

Publicado el 2 de junio de 2020 por Riverhead Books.

ISBN:
978-0-593-18893-4
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A useful historical reminder, and diagnosis

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Gessen expanded a New York Review article, "Autocracy: Rules for Survival," into a very detailed account of the first three years of Trump's first term in office. She outlines the many ways in which Trump violated ethical, democratic, and constitutional norms, and the way the congress and the media were unable to adequately handle what was unfolding. The book was published before the Jan 6 insurrection, and so it's not a complete overview of Trump's crimes and misdemeanors, but because our minds are so easily overwhelmed by Trump's "flood the zone with shit" antics, we tend to forget what happened, and so it acts as a useful reminder.

Unfortunately Surviving Autocracy is less useful as a guide to, individually, surviving autocracy. And that's unfortunate, because now we're in Trump's second presidency and things are much worse. We now effectively have a dictator — a ruler who makes and interprets the …