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Yeah it is. Sliding to the way things were under Mother USSR...in fact a lot of East Europe are having the same problem. Strong leaders /parties try to choke fr

Yeah it is. Sliding to the way things were under Mother USSR...in fact a lot of East Europe are having the same problem. Strong leaders /parties try to choke free speech and opponents.

tomp 8y ago
> try to choke free speech and opponents Well it's not that different in the West... https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/its-not-free-speech-criticize-muhammad-echr-ruled/574174/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/its-not-fr... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/09/geert-wilders-found-guilty-in-hate-speech-trial-but-no-sentence-imposed https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/09/geert-wilders-...
- r3bl 8y ago
  Geert Wilders is a leader of the largest opposition party. He's a big problem for sure, but can't be compared with places like Poland, Hungary, Serbia, and others that already have autocratic leaders for years. Western Europe saw oppressive candidates losing the fight and becoming a fierce opposition. Eastern Europe already got fucked and is now facing consequences. It was enough for the autocratic leaders to win fair elections once and there were no fair elections since.
  - tomp 8y ago
    No, what I want was, he is an political opponent who was being being “choked”.
    - tomp 8y ago
      should have been: what I meant
  - oriol11 8y ago
    The consequences being much faster growth and much better economic prospects than the happy flower diversity-means-nonwhite western europe