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You have a point. "Anti-liberal-democracy" would probably be more accurate to say. But talking about "liberal" and "democratic" is hard in a country where this is immediately associated with one of the two major political parties.

What I meant was that our ideas of due process and equality before the law will be seen as much less desirable when those things will be the obstacle to deporting large numbers of refugees. Those things are also fundamental to democracy.



I understand what you mean by “liberal democracy” and I agree that’s a more accurate description.

You might find Shadi Hamid’s writing on illiberal democracy interesting: https://wisdomofcrowds.substack.com/p/first-draft-is-there-a...




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