Drop Bothsideism - Calling Out Populism and Deliberate Lies for the Survival of Democracy
Wind, Marlene
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2024-10-11
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Western media are not equipped to handle right-wing populists like Donald Trump, Orbán, or the AfD. Moreover, constitutional theorists who argue that democracy should be purely procedural are joining the populist chorus. In our current age of populism we keep telling ourselves that everyone’s voice is always equally valid – also when based on lies and disinformation. It’s just another “point of view”. What populism has undermined is the right but also the courage to call out those who deliberately spread lies as well as those who in doing so openly use democratic institutions to destroy democracy.
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Wind, Marlene
Bothsideism
Democratic fundamentalism
Populism
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