Saturday, July 06, 2019

After Putin declares liberalism dead, backers on far-right rally to his support - ARTICLE

ThinkProgress

Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared in an interview that liberalism is, once and for all, dead.

“The liberal idea has become obsolete,” Putin said in an interview with the Financial Times. “It has come into conflict with the interests of the overwhelming majority of the population.” Putin pointed to a range of issues roiling Western polities, from migration debates to financial issues to continued attempts to expand LGBTQ rights.

“[Liberals] cannot simply dictate anything to anyone just like they have been attempting to do over the recent decades,” Putin added. “Our western partners have admitted that some elements of the liberal idea, such as multiculturalism, are no longer tenable.”

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