Watching a car crash in slow motion — from the inside
4 stars
A calm, reasoned walk through the facts that most people in the US already know in their terrified bones. From the changes in parties' primary process to the long shadow of slavery, Levitsky walks us step by step through the factors threatening US democracy, and the uncodified norms which have tenuously held it in place all these years. The title is in the plural, but there's really only one democracy at issue in this book: the USA. There are plenty of references to other countries and what they've experienced, but those clearly just serve to show what might or might not happen here.
A clear and accessible read, though not an up-beat one.
