The EU's actions are truly frightening. I had thought that the United States was the only place where "woken-ness" was having a significant impact. Now it appears that it's happening in Europe, led by the EU. I fear for the future.
Thank you for this piece! It’s fascinating to see the European Commission’s conditionality mechanism against Hungary unfolding in parallel with the revelations about US funding for the opposition parties at the latest Hungarian election. Foreign powers must indeed care a lot about nurturing democracy when they’re willing to resort to the most undemocratic means to overthrow a democratically elected government.
I left Hungary 12 years ago partly because I didn’t like the conservative direction. I’m now much more concerned about western technocracy.
Thanks for getting in touch. I agree with you about the threat posed by the merging of technocratic ideology and anti-democratic impulses. Experts and technocrats act a if they are neutral and disinterested, but since they always know better than we do what is in their interest, they have no hesitation in imposing their views on the rest of society.
The EU's actions are truly frightening. I had thought that the United States was the only place where "woken-ness" was having a significant impact. Now it appears that it's happening in Europe, led by the EU. I fear for the future.
Unfortunately - California values and politics has acquired significant influence over West European public life - which is why we have to fight back.
Thank you for this piece! It’s fascinating to see the European Commission’s conditionality mechanism against Hungary unfolding in parallel with the revelations about US funding for the opposition parties at the latest Hungarian election. Foreign powers must indeed care a lot about nurturing democracy when they’re willing to resort to the most undemocratic means to overthrow a democratically elected government.
I left Hungary 12 years ago partly because I didn’t like the conservative direction. I’m now much more concerned about western technocracy.
Dear Greta
Thanks for getting in touch. I agree with you about the threat posed by the merging of technocratic ideology and anti-democratic impulses. Experts and technocrats act a if they are neutral and disinterested, but since they always know better than we do what is in their interest, they have no hesitation in imposing their views on the rest of society.