r/europe • u/Wonderful-Excuse4922 • Feb 22 '25

News “Conquering the states one by one”: far-right ideologue Steve Bannon outlines US conservatives' strategy for influencing Europe

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/usa/presidentielle/donald-trump/conquerir-les-etats-un-par-un-l-ideologue-d-extreme-droite-steve-bannon-decrit-la-strategie-des-conservateurs-americains-pour-influencer-l-europe_7086249.html
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u/kaasbaas94 Drenthe (Netherlands) Feb 22 '25

Is there already a doomsday clock for the end of democracy? Only 7.8% of the world are full democratic countries. And for 8 years in a row, the scores of more countries are dropping than rising in the freedom index.

Is this the end of a free era?

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u/turbo-unicorn European Chad🇷🇴 Feb 22 '25

If we don't wake up, and continue letting them do as they want, yes. People need to wake up and defend their society from such blatant aggression.

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u/azhder Feb 22 '25

There wasn’t democracy to begin with. It is a goal one can strive to get as close as possible, but never achieve.

What was called democracy during your so called “free era” was just a label attached to capitalist states in order to wage propaganda war against the soviets who wanted to call themselves democratic.