Liberal democracy under threat?

The David McWilliams Podcast

David McWilliams

News & Politics

4.6 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Liberal democracy in the western world is all too often taken for granted. But its enemies, nationalists, theocrats, Marxists and isolationists - are rising. Will Israel become a "wedge" issue? Also, why we should defend it and what the erosion of commercial liberalism in China is doing to its economic performance. What does 2024 has in store for the best political idea we've come up with yet, liberal democracy.

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1:31.9	And today, we are going to be talking about liberal democracy.
1:36.4	Liberal democracy, as we know it in Ireland and how it is under threat.
1:41.1	It is under threat from an increasing amount of right-wing votes all
1:47.1	around Europe. We know that. It is under threat from the fact that Trump is ahead in the polls
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