Angelique

“Freedom House’s Global Freedom Index gives countries a score between 0 and 100 each year, with 100 being the most democratic. In 2015, the United States received a score of 90, which was roughly in line with countries like Canada, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, and the U.K. But after that, America’s score declined steadily, reaching 83 in 2021. Not only was that score lower than every established democracy in western Europe, but it was lower than new or historically troubled democracies like Argentina, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, and Taiwan.”
― Steven Levitsky, Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point

“Times are always strange. Art is always out of place. Always unnecessary when it’s made. And later”
― Daniel Kehlmann, The Director

“We were taught history the way it’s taught in America. In America, the history of racism is taught like this: “There was slavery and then there was Jim Crow and then there was Martin Luther King Jr. and now it’s done.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“At some point”
― Daniel Kehlmann, The Director