“How Democracies Die” by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt

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  • Tolerance of other parties is critical to balance
  • Forbearance is needed for government to work
  • Leverage existing institutions to ensure a democratic image
  • Join forces with those you disagree with
  • “Means testing” (“Do you make enough money to not need this service?”) stigmatizes social benefits where universal programs (“Anyone can use this, regardless of their means”) do not
  • Democracies struggle to be both free and multiracial
    • (Humans like to be in tribes, and tribes loss cohesion when they get too big)

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