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While most nations in attendance are “free” societies, according to a recent report, dozens are struggling or backsliding. Here’s a guide.

Way tyrants and dictators twist the truth. and the author of "on tyranny," thank you for joining us. you said the most distressing thing about american news coverage is we don't treat the end of democracy as the story. which is an incredibly alarming statement. why do you believe about the -- what do you believe about the end of democracy? >> well, i guess anderson, we should probably get the alarm part out of the way so we can move on to the serious analysis and the repair because i think what we mean is we're not prepared to face the things the way we are. democracies fall all the time. most...

Say i am shocked by this, what we really mean is we are not prepared to face thing the way we are. we are not prepared to act. most democracies fail. the patterns we have seen in this country, especially in the last four years, are typical backsliding democracies so i think it is very important for us to face that reality, to write about it as journalists. to treat it as the mainstream because we don't treat it as mainstream, what we end up doing is saying democrats say this, republicans say this and who really knows. we do that long enough, keep our eye off the ball for long enough, there is ...

Person to make their voice heard. to free fair and secure elections. >> i'm sorry. what was that? you're going to keep fighting? is this president labor on the miss apprehension that what his administration has done so far counts as fighting? that is even sufficient? as i've already reported on this show this week, because the president is correct that there is an urgent issue facing the nation, but we're almost a year into his first term in office and not a single piece of voting rights legislation has been passed. not a single one. the for the people act. the freedom to vote act. the john le...

Literally means rule by the people. a system of government determined by the people and for the people. while it's never quite perfected it, the united states of america was a hallmark of democracy since the ink dried of the constitution in 1787. things have largely improved since then. the civil rights movement made voting fairer and more accessible to all. last week, a european think tank called the international institute for democracy an electoral assistance, placed the united states on its list of backsliding democracies. now, this isn't news to though who regularly watch this show. look ...