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This gets to the heart of the Trump/Ukraine scandal
And, for your right wingnuts/partisan hacks, "liberal democracy" refers to democracy in general, as in the opposite of authoritarian totalitarianism, as in classic liberalism ( if you don't know what that is, google it).
It does not mean liberal in the sense of leftist politics, nor has the term 'liberal democracy" ever meant that. It simply means a free and open society, unlike the authoritarian totalitarian unfree societies of USSR, etc. So, don't bother going there, it's false.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...-real-goal-trumps-lies/?wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
This is the important subplot lurking beneath the scandal headlines — that in leaving Ukraine vulnerable to Russia in order to strong-arm Ukraine into carrying out his own self-interested corrupt designs, Trump retreated from the United States’ posture of siding with Ukraine in a broader battle between liberal democracy and illiberal authoritarian kleptocracy.
And, for your right wingnuts/partisan hacks, "liberal democracy" refers to democracy in general, as in the opposite of authoritarian totalitarianism, as in classic liberalism ( if you don't know what that is, google it).
It does not mean liberal in the sense of leftist politics, nor has the term 'liberal democracy" ever meant that. It simply means a free and open society, unlike the authoritarian totalitarian unfree societies of USSR, etc. So, don't bother going there, it's false.
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