Christopher F. Rufo  ⚔️

The most pressing threat to liberal democracy comes from the populist right. From Brasilia to Washington, authoritarian populists are muzzling dissent, stoking racism, and concentrating power in their own hands. We’re facing the fight of a lifetime.

That you can claim with a straight face that "the most pressing threat to liberal democracy comes from the populist right" because — and this is the stunning part — it's "muzzling dissent," "stoking racism," & "concentrating power," tells me you're not looking at the US.

And in doing so simultaneously illustrates why things will get worse. This is a disease occurring across the political spectrum. But political identity occludes the ability to see it for what it is.https://twitter.com/a_centrism/status/1278813892643303426?s=21 …

Ah yes, the "populist right" that has been rioting, looting, and burning down neighborhood businesses recently. Those people.