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2019年10月11日 星期五

Is Putin right? Is liberalism really obsolete? - BBC News



"自由主義已過時",正是俄羅斯和中國當今的治國方針:主權第一、安定第一,強國第一。

BBC 某節目說,Putin 政權的主要方向,就是重返蘇俄解體之前,蘇聯是世界大霸權.......Putin 大力向前蘇聯各國輸出間諜。

波羅的海三國countries in the Baltic region of Europe等國托蘇俄之後的成功,讓大言"自由主義已過時"的 Putin 很不是滋味.......

2019/06/28 - Russian President Vladimir Putin has made headlines with an interview during which he said that liberalism had "become obsolete". Liberal ideas about refugees, migration and LGBT issues were now opposed by "the ...



.......There has been a rise in voter support for populist parties in many countries - including in Spain, Italy, Austria and Hungary.
But other countries have bucked the trend - including Slovakia, which elected a liberal president, Zuzana Caputova, in March.
Scandinavia also seems to have followed a different pattern - with Denmark, Sweden and Finland all electing leftist governments in the past year.
The rise of populism "is a phenomenon - nobody can doubt that", says Prof Cox. "But the idea of populism taking over the whole of Europe and the world is overdone, I think."

Why is Putin saying this now?

"Putin's position is that Russia has a specific and different kind of civilisation, where sovereignty trumps democracy, and national unity and stability trumps rule of law and human rights," says Prof Cox.
"Not surprisingly, he's not keen on Western-style liberalism, which he'll see as a fundamental challenge to his style of government.
"More broadly, he's also trying to send the message that there's an alternative to the liberal-style, capitalist, democratic model of society."
All leaders, of course, have an interest in pushing their world views - and speaking out just ahead of the G20 summit, at a time when liberal systems are seen to be under pressure, is probably as good a time as any for Mr Putin to make his case.



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