Photo: “Demonstration against Morten Kjærum in Vienna“, by Ataraxis1492 licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Hue modified from the original
Glassman, Ronald M. “Illiberal Democracy: A New Form of Modern Tyranny.” In Can Democracy Survive the 21st Century?, 191–204. Springer, Cham, 2021.
Abstract
The world is changing—it is a multicultural world. However, nationalism—tribal identity—has emerged in reaction. Populism demands a return to traditional religious values and national identity. Immigrants are feared as culturally and “racially” different. Macho men worry that women and gays are taking over. Into this mix of fear and disorder, dictators, such as Putin, Orbán, Erdogan, and others step in to restore order, and attempt to restore the past values of their religion and culture. It is a global reactionary movement.
