{"product_id":"democracy-and-why-it-will-fail-in-america-9780692686300","title":"Democracy: and why it will fail in America","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrancis Fukuyama predicted in his book \u003cem\u003eThe End of History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethat democracy is the end of human political development, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewhile Alexis de Tocqueville believed that socialism would\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003emenace democracy. In my 2005 book \u003cem\u003eSocialism in America\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI argued that socialism supplants democracy. Indeed, a\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003edecade later, socialist Bernie Sanders became a frontrunner\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efor the Democratic presidential nominee. This book argues\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethat Fukuyama is wrong because democracy carries the\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eseeds of its own destruction--of which socialism is just\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eone kernel--by illustrating the reasons why democracy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewill fail in America from a broader perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ideals of freedom, equality and justice in early\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003edemocracy change due to the nature of democracy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eitself, resulting in loss of freedom, inequality, injustice, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003econcentration of power, relative morality and divisiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom this, single-mindedness, intolerance and loss of\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ecivility emanate--traits that are endemic in America today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere is an inevitable collusion between majority rule and\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ehumankind's inability to control passion that propels\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003edemocracies through a natural lifecycle and explains why\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ehistory shows us that democracies are rare, are short-lived, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eand usually end in dictatorships.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory is cyclical, and democracy is just one of the cycles\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethat naturally becomes something it once was not, which\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eis why America's Founding Fathers would not recognize\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003edemocracy in our country today. This book describes why\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ehistory's longest experiment with democracy will end and\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ehow it may become a dictatorship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the story of democracy in America.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e John L. Bowman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692686300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d","brand":"John L. Bowman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44848904601781,"sku":"9780692686300","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a831952e-2a53-48e5-83e1-66bc69b2334a.jpg?v=1732634209","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/democracy-and-why-it-will-fail-in-america-9780692686300","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}