I would not dismiss Western #Liberalism so fast as Bruno Maçães, Portugal’s former secretary of state for European affairs does in this propaganda article from #NoemaMag.
Western Liberalism was on its “deathbed” many times but somehow always managed to defeat any #Civilization #State lined up as its replacement, with either nationalist (#Fascist) or inter-nationalist (#Comunist) roots.
The illiberal promise is that once we’ve dispensed with liberalism’s inconvenience, uncertainty, and constant rumbles of public dispute, you will end up empowered. Your morals will be enshrined in law. Your culture will be propagated by the government. Your friends will be rewarded and your enemies punished.
But a litany of wars, inquisitions, and purges show that for almost everyone, this promise is a lie. Without liberalism, you probably won’t end up empowered. You’ll end up bearably oppressed, if you’re lucky, or persecuted or dead if you’re not.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-liberalism-in-us-will-only-lead-to-violence
