Post by benson on Feb 10, 2022 18:39:48 GMT
It’s no surprise liberal democracy is giving way to authoritarianism
In recent years, discussion of politics in the west has been peppered with ominous warnings –- democratic backsliding, authoritarian populism, neofascist movements and the end of liberal democracy.
This is of particular concern in countries like the US, which spent much of the last century touting itself as the leader of the “free world”. Now, some are warning that the democracy underpinning America’s role in the world is teetering on the brink of far-right authoritarianism.
The history of liberal democracy -– the phrase itself and the countries that claim to represent it -– is rife with cruelty, slavery and disenfranchisement. These have long undermined states’ claims to be liberal democracies. A turn towards authoritarianism is an unsurprising consequence of so-called western liberal democracy itself.
Influential liberal scholars of international relations Michael W. Doyle and Francis Fukuyama both claim that the US was a “liberal democracy” by the late 18th century. Yet the first US census, in 1790, counted 697,624 enslaved people, while the 1860 census showed this figure had risen to almost 4 million. Women, meanwhile, remained without voting and other civil rights.
theconversation.com/its-no-surprise-liberal-democracy-is-giving-way-to-authoritarianism-174509
deepblueleague.freeforums.net/thread/373/surprise-liberal-democracy-giving-auth
tpalladium.freeforums.net/thread/189/surprise-liberal-democracy-giving-auth
In recent years, discussion of politics in the west has been peppered with ominous warnings –- democratic backsliding, authoritarian populism, neofascist movements and the end of liberal democracy.
This is of particular concern in countries like the US, which spent much of the last century touting itself as the leader of the “free world”. Now, some are warning that the democracy underpinning America’s role in the world is teetering on the brink of far-right authoritarianism.
The history of liberal democracy -– the phrase itself and the countries that claim to represent it -– is rife with cruelty, slavery and disenfranchisement. These have long undermined states’ claims to be liberal democracies. A turn towards authoritarianism is an unsurprising consequence of so-called western liberal democracy itself.
Influential liberal scholars of international relations Michael W. Doyle and Francis Fukuyama both claim that the US was a “liberal democracy” by the late 18th century. Yet the first US census, in 1790, counted 697,624 enslaved people, while the 1860 census showed this figure had risen to almost 4 million. Women, meanwhile, remained without voting and other civil rights.
theconversation.com/its-no-surprise-liberal-democracy-is-giving-way-to-authoritarianism-174509
deepblueleague.freeforums.net/thread/373/surprise-liberal-democracy-giving-auth
tpalladium.freeforums.net/thread/189/surprise-liberal-democracy-giving-auth