Twilight of Democracy by Anne Applebaum

I have changed the book this month because I feel that we might want to read something relevant to the fraught situation of democracy in America. Anne Applebaum is a historian of Eastern Europe andd Russia as well as a frequent contributor to the Atlantic magazine. This book concerns the attraction of authoritarian rule and nationalism. Why are so many willing to champion simplistic beliefs in the name of freedom? She argues that many think that a repressive government will benefit them and are uninterested in its long term effects.