Late-stage liberalism
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
- The so-called liberal West is in steep retreat, evidenced by failed interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya.
- Liberal freedoms of speech and inquiry are being curtailed, not by dictatorial states, but by civil institutions like universities and media organizations.
- These institutions police expression and exclude those who deviate from progressive orthodoxy.
- While enclaves of free expression still exist, large areas of life no longer operate under liberal norms.
- Liberal civilization, as a descriptive reality, no longer exists.
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