A liberal society cannot passively let illiberals take over.
miss_shivers on
This is how you practice defensive democracy. It is a complete fallacy that liberal democracies need to expose themselves to capture by radical populist movements out of some deranged devotion to absolute principle. Democracy is not a suicide pact, it requires guardrails.
Next step: barring the GOP
Better yet, we need an international collective security treaty among democracies against radical right wing capture.
breakinbread on
The best thing is for people to simply not vote for Russian assets.
The next best thing is this. 🥳
MiniBrownie on
Seems like he did not sign one of the required declarations, so this might have been intentional to rile up his supporters
Worth noting that he can:
* Appeal to the constitutional court
* Some say he could apply again as long as he is able to collect new signatures in time. Other disagree
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A liberal society cannot passively let illiberals take over.
This is how you practice defensive democracy. It is a complete fallacy that liberal democracies need to expose themselves to capture by radical populist movements out of some deranged devotion to absolute principle. Democracy is not a suicide pact, it requires guardrails.
Next step: barring the GOP
Better yet, we need an international collective security treaty among democracies against radical right wing capture.
The best thing is for people to simply not vote for Russian assets.
The next best thing is this. 🥳
Seems like he did not sign one of the required declarations, so this might have been intentional to rile up his supporters
Worth noting that he can:
* Appeal to the constitutional court
* Some say he could apply again as long as he is able to collect new signatures in time. Other disagree