Through the years, I’ve observed a recurring sample within the emails I obtain from readers about my columns on authoritarianism, far-right populism, democratic backsliding and associated matters: a really related kind of shock on the information, and a really related kind of concern about what that may imply for the long run.
These messages are likely to observe a tough construction: Shock on the information, however most prominently shock as a result of the occasion appears to conflict with the obvious guidelines of political success that, as…
