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Illiberal, as in not supporting human liberties, by tolerating the authoritarian Polish government. It confused me too.
by pxeger1 5y ago
Illiberal, as in not supporting human liberties, by tolerating the authoritarian Polish government. It confused me too.
- hammock 5y agoI'm still confused where they're asking for a pan-Europe government to step in and force a country to cede some of its sovereignty to it (the EU) and calling that liberal. That strikes me as slightly different than, say, a coalition breaking up a human rights-violating empire and RETURNING democratic sovereignty to its people.
- woah 5y agoThe USA stepped in to stop slavery and then later apartheid in the southern states. If they hadn't, I think we would think less of them.