#illiberal-democracy

#illiberal-democracy

We have in our heads specific images of authoritarianism that come from the 20th century: uniformed men goose-stepping in jackboots, masses of people chanting party slogans, streets lined with giant portraits of the leader, secret opposition meetings in basements, interrogations under naked light bulbs, executions by firing squad. Similar things still happen-in China, North Korea, Iran. But I'd be surprised if this essay got me hauled off to prison in America.