Some of the people who were there 20 years ago don't share that kind of vision anymore. One or two of them have become virulent anti-Semites. Some people fear, feel disappointed by demographic change and are angered by immigration. Fear of some kind of moral degeneracy in our societies is also a source of disappointment.
Journalist and author Anne Applebaum talks about her book, Twilight of Democracy, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Applebaum discusses the rise of populist and nationalist movements in Eastern Europe as well as in the West, and the appeal of these movements even when they begin to erode or destroy democracy.