Don't be so sure about democracy

Don't be so sure about democracy

I started teaching history in Wrenshall shortly after the end of the Vietnam war. Back in the day I was teaching a lesson on Germany and the rise of Hitler in the 1930s. My lesson on the fragility of a government prompted a statement from one of the girls who exclaimed, “That could never happen here.” I asked why not? She said, “Because we are a democracy and we are Americans!” We should never thi...

So this is how democracy dies?

Tyrants are getting sneakier, and I want to show you their secrets.

Spectacles — So this is how democracy dies?

Tyrants are getting sneakier, and I want to show you their secrets. Support our work by grabbing a poster, tee, or coffee mug — Support us on Patreon Hang out on our Discord Review our script For citations, turn on CC. Sources below ↓ — Spectacles is a love letter to democracy, its values, its caretakers, and its ideas. Around the world, individual rights and representative government are facing unprecedented attacks from the forces of reaction …