Why was this cynical populist given such a prominent platform & not properly challenged?
Per @vonderburchard: this was a journalistic mess. Classic 🇩🇪Cynicism (like the #Emma letter)
Such a stunt only serves to corrode our democracies - exactly what we should be pushing back on
Per @vonderburchard: this was a journalistic mess. Classic 🇩🇪Cynicism (like the #Emma letter)
Such a stunt only serves to corrode our democracies - exactly what we should be pushing back on
https://twitter.com/vonderburchard/status/1580144102791729153
This is exactly the kind of thing that undermines our societies - it seems to show that you can free ride on democracy, parasite on the decency of others & get away with it. A bad example.
orban should be shut down rather than celebrated (🇭🇺 out of 🇪🇺unless it changes it’s ways)
orban should be shut down rather than celebrated (🇭🇺 out of 🇪🇺unless it changes it’s ways)
Certainly we need serious reform & reinvention in our own societies - but we also need to stop shooting ourselves in the foot. This was just a dumb exercise. If we reduce politics to this kind of sorry piss-taking spectacle we will reap what we sow. We will suffer & so will 🇺🇦
There’s nothing to be admired or celebrated in this sorry cynicism which finds its corollary in those who benefit from liberal rights, freedoms & democracy while denouncing them (Welzer, Guerot, et al).
Instead we should look to the myriad examples of #NeoIdealism around us.
Instead we should look to the myriad examples of #NeoIdealism around us.
From🇺🇦s struggling not only to survive but to thrive by defending democracy & freedom m, to the leaders around Europe (in eg 🇪🇪🇨🇿🇱🇹🇱🇻🇫🇮) who refuse to indulge Putin & who stand for a better liberal future. We’ve much to do but we can see a way to do it
- & it’s not orban’s
- & it’s not orban’s
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