Larry Diamond on the Spreading Crisis of Democracy
It's worse than you thought.
My colleague Larry Diamond, senior fellow at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Affairs and the Hoover Institution, discusses with me the difference between bad policy choices and deeper threats to the democratic order, and how Donald Trump is engaged in the latter. Larry has started a blog called Diamond on Democracy which will be hosted as part of the Persuasion family—stay tuned.
Dr. Fukuyama and Dr. Diamond: Thank you so much for writing and speaking about these horrendous actions of Donald Trump and his administration. Those of us who represent the "general public/electorate" are feeling great anxiety and fear for our future. We depend on your ability to articulate clearly in a thoughtful and factual way what is happening so that we can mobilize what resources we can muster to fight. Most people I talk with are so shocked and befuddled by what is happening we feel absolutely powerless. Your writing/speaking up will give us the direction and will to take lawful and appropriate action. Writing from Columbia, Mo.