OPINION
The biggest threat to democracy now comes from the center
By Michael Barone
June 1, 2018 | 7:54pm | Updated
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“Across Europe and North America, centrists are the least supportive of democracy, the least committed to its institutions and the most supportive of authoritarianism.” So wrote political researcher David Adler in The New York Times after analyzing responses to two multicountry surveys on values.
Adler found that centrists are less likely to regard democracy as “very good” and to consider free elections and protecting liberties from state oppression “essential” features of democracy. His study is subject to criticism, but it contains at least a kernel of truth.
The most vitriolic critics of electoral decisions in recent years around the world have been long identified — and celebrated — as centrists. They have been arguing that extremists, mostly on the right, are undermining the foundations of democracy. Democracy, in their view, is becoming dangerously undemocratic.
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READ MORE: https://nypost.com/2018/06/01/the-biggest-threat-to-democracy-now-comes-from-the-center/
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As for freedom of speech, centrist governments in Britain, Sweden and Germany aggressively suppress reports of violence and crime by Muslim immigrants. Supposedly centrist colleges in the United States routinely suppress free speech, and their recent graduates hired by Silicon Valley firms — Google, Facebook, Twitter — are busy suppressing speech in the larger society.
So if you’re worried about extremists’ authoritarianism, keep an eye on the centrists, too.
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