Today Fareed Zakaria interviewed Madeleine Albright on his
GPS show on CNN, and talked about her new book, “Fascism: A Warning”, publishedby Harper (304 pages).
Albright made the pointed comment that people have lost
interest in running for office because of hyperpartisanship and polarization. She
is appropriately concerned about Trump’s lack of respect for the press and for
truth and his tendency to play favorites, believing that might can make right
for people who feel ignored (his base) by the intellectual elites.
Christian Caryl takes up the question as to whether the US
is headed for fascism (rather remarkable that he feels he has to) with some
criticism of her book here. But it seems
that the unwillingness of a lot of people to get outside of their own bubbles,
maybe out of personal ego, adds to the risk.
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