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Zack Beauchamp 31. sij
Trump's (functional) acquittal and Brexit happening on the same day really hammers home the nature of our current crisis: an assault on the rules supposed to constrain and bind ascendant populism from running roughshod over dissenters
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Zack Beauchamp 31. sij
Odgovor korisniku/ci @zackbeauchamp
It's a crisis of both halves of liberal democracy. It rejects liberalism's protections for minority rights and replaces the democratic ideal of equal citizenship with the populist ideal of a "true" people whose views represent the general will
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Zack Beauchamp 31. sij
Odgovor korisniku/ci @zackbeauchamp
This is the logic under which the narrow victory of the 2016 referendum is sacrosanct and irreversible, under which Trump cannot be impeached because 63 million voted for him
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Zack Beauchamp 31. sij
Odgovor korisniku/ci @zackbeauchamp
It's the logic that says pro-European voters in Britain are seditious "remoaners" who can be ignored. It's the logic that Democrats aren't "real Americans," so raw Republican partisanship actually represents authentic patriotism
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Zack Beauchamp
This essentially authoritarian idea will celebrate two big victories today. And it won't be satisfied.
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Ross Douthat 31. sij
Odgovor korisniku/ci @zackbeauchamp
Seems odd to describe "Leave" as the authoritarian and anti-democratic side given that it won the referendum and the officially pro-Leave governing party has won two consecutive elections since, the second with a thumping margin.
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Zack Beauchamp 31. sij
Odgovor korisniku/ci @DouthatNYT
I don't really read the last two UK elections as Brexit referenda given Corbyn's ambivalent stance. Leavers consistently refused a referendum on the terms of the Brexit deal and constantly delegitimized opposition to their plan.
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Slow Ninja 31. sij
Odgovor korisniku/ci @zackbeauchamp
Yep. You're damn right. We will not be satisfied.
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Oliver Wiseman 31. sij
Odgovor korisniku/ci @zackbeauchamp
In what sense does giving effect to a referendum result demonstrate a pivot away from democracy?
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FieldRoamer 31. sij
Odgovor korisniku/ci @zackbeauchamp
Authoritarian??? More like self-governing.
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Glowboomer33 31. sij
Odgovor korisniku/ci @FieldRoamer @zackbeauchamp
Literally the opposite of Liberal, which is supposed to mean all things holy and good. I had a giggle with the cognitive dissonance thinking that Liberalism is about “respecting minorities” whilst hand wringing about how best to repudiate the 63 million people
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