> I never heard about Illiberal Democracy. I've heard the term from Steven Kotkin. I think it's pretty clear what the term means. It means that nominally the

> I never heard about Illiberal Democracy. I've heard the term from Steven Kotkin. I think it's pretty clear what the term means. It means that nominally the institutions that are meant to protect civil liberties exist, but some person or group has managed to put their hands on enough levers that they can dictate the workings of those institutions. Like Russia, for example. They have elections for government, and they have institutions that are meant to ensure that the government doesn't have a monopoly on power. In practice however one person has an absolute hold on power, to the point that people who criticize him tend to fall out of windows a lot. That doesn't happen in the US for example. You can trash Biden all you want, no one's gonna show up at your house to murder you.