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from Asia Times Online
Censorship of some political opinions silences parts of the population. That is true in parts of Asia. But that’s not the end of the story. Censorship, though in a lighter sense, also exists in the West. This Western-lite kind of censorship undermines those advocating for freedom of speech as a global human right, fueling the counterargument that the West is hypocritical.
Overcoming the politics of pessimism
A big reason Western politics is in such disarray is voters’ pessimism about the future. According to the Pew Research Center, 60% of Westerners believe today’s children will be “worse off financially than their parents,” while most Europeans think the next generation will have a worse life. To paraphrase the philosopher Thomas Hobbes, they expect youngsters’ lives to be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish – and long.
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from First Things
Italy’s new government represents the most radical challenge yet to the order that has dominated Europe since World War II. Comprising the populist-left Five Star Movement and the populist-right League, the coalition is often described as a combination of alt-left and hard-right, but in fact it moves beyond conventional ideological categories. No wonder its members have been darkly described as “barbarians” by the Financial Times and “insurgents” by the Telegraph.
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from The Spokesman-Review
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