He is attacking republics too, take note. And in this context, “illiberal” does not mean ”conservative” as understood in the USA.
1 posted on
07/31/2014 2:02:20 PM PDT by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Yeah, the Hungarians are a bit on the Nazi side of things these days, sadly. Can’t blame him for having a strong dislike for what passes for “liberal democracies” in Europe today, but his ideas don’t look like an improvement.
I wish we had more people like Václav Klaus in Europe, instead.
2 posted on
07/31/2014 2:38:22 PM PDT by
cartan
To: Olog-hai
The last line of the article is interesting.
3 posted on
07/31/2014 2:40:10 PM PDT by
Southside_Chicago_Republican
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: Olog-hai
That could mean any number of things, some worse than others.
Fareed Zakaria coined the term "illiberal democracy," so maybe he'll explain on his Sunday show.
It doesn't necessarily mean Orban is the new Mussolini.
Singapore, say, isn't a threat to anyone.
But is it really likely that such an "illiberal democracy" could last in the middle of Europe within the EU?
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07/31/2014 3:15:20 PM PDT by
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