Too many democracies have voted themselves into authoritarianism.... We could still be one... Its important our best thinkers analyze where we are, how we got here and what can we do other than partisan politics as usual.... We are far from being out of the woods and the margins in the midterms bare that out Sorry about the edit but I will add this https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/06/why-do-democracies-fail/530949/