LETTER: Surviving right-wing populism
In the past Western democracies, with the US in a key role, took a strong stance against racism, narrow nationalism and authoritarianism
05 August 2019 - 05:03
Prussian statesman Otto von Bismarck said you cannot create the wave of the time, you can only sail on it and try to navigate. The wave of the present is right-wing populism.
There were such waves before and there will be again. The difference is that in the past Western democracies, with the US in a key role, took a strong stance against racism, narrow nationalism and authoritarian systems. This prevented Hitler from achieving his goals...
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