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button_masher@lemmy.ml 2 weeks agoWas not aware of bookwyrm so thank you. Having some community definitely helps with motivation.
Funnily enough, How Democracies Die is technically on my hard books list that I simply can’t get past the first chapter. It’s tricky to find time and determine what is a worthwhile struggle vs just a unworthwhile pain.
Appreciate your answer and recommendations! Will have to take it 2 pages at a time as you say haha.
lokalhorst@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I swear, it get’s easier after the first chapter. I know, it’s a very historical section, I think the typical descriptive background a political book like this needs to introduce before it can formulate its thesis. After the broad global overview the book focuses more on US political history and then it gets interesting when it finally addresses the checks and balances. For me as a European, I learned a lot of new things and it made my view on the US clearer. From the first chapter I only remember the peruanian (?) president was a Japanese guy, lol.