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"Liberal" here is just the adjective form of liberty. A "liberal" democracy is a democracy is one that enshrines the classic individual freedoms (speech, assem
by nohuck13 5y ago
"Liberal" here is just the adjective form of liberty.
A "liberal" democracy is a democracy is one that enshrines the classic individual freedoms (speech, assembly, religion...) e.g. the United States.
A "illiberal" democracy is a democracy that doesn't, e.g. 20th century Singapore.
- tommymachine 5y agoWeird how none of the founding documents of the US government use either of those words ("liberal" or "democracy"), but they do use the words "constitution" and "republican". I'm sure that artful re-defining of our government format has nothing to do with the infiltration of communism into the education system here.
- pessimizer 5y agoLiberalism and Communism are diametrically opposed. Communism is proudly illiberal.
- tommymachine 5y agoNobody would ever sneak in communism under a different name, now would they?