Article (book review) by Marian Halcombe.

Excerpt:

Jacob Siegel’s central claim is not subtle and does not need to be. After 2016, America’s governing class concluded that democratic outcomes could no longer be trusted. Rather than persuade the electorate, it set out to manage it. Rather than defeat its opponents, it reclassified them as security threats. What followed was not a breakdown of institutions, but their smooth and enthusiastic repurposing.