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Shadi Hamid on the Tensions Between Liberalism and Democracy

The Good Fight

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Democracy and Liberalism Don't Go Together Naturally

David Frum: Democracy and liberalism don't go together naturally. He says we need individual rights in a free press, independent institutions to make sure that democratically elected government can also be removed from office by democratic means. "Liberal backsliding is going to lead to the end of democracy eventually," he says.

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