The opinions of those who have actually lived in countries that are experiencing similar issues to ours have weight that outside sources don’t. We can’t afford to just sit back and relax, folks! Our republic is a product of our vigilance.
Here are some takeaways from Miklos Haraszti, a Hungarian author and director of research on human rights:
Hungary, my country, has in the past half-decade morphed from an exemplary post-Cold War democracy into a populist autocracy. . . . The world is looking at the United States now in a way that we never thought would be possible: fretting that the “deals” of its new president will make the world’s first democracy more similar to that of the others. I wish we onlookers could help the Americans in making the most out of their hard-to-change Constitution. We still are thankful for what they gave to the world, and we will be a bit envious if they can stop the fast-spreading plague of national populism.
Read the entire article here:
“I watched a populist leader rise in my country. That’s why I’m genuinely worried for America.”