LIBERAL AUTHORITARIANISM IS IN THE ascendancy. From Brazil banning X over concerns about “disinformation” to Keir Starmer’s early release of violent prisoners in order to lock up people for intemperate social media posts following the murder of three schoolgirls in Southport, not to mention the proposed resurrection of “non-crime hate incidents”, the global liberal left is in full prosecutorial mode. Mark Zuckerberg’s recent admission that he had bowed to calls to censor non-compliant posts on Facebook during Covid also reveals what many of us already know.
Luke Conway’s Liberal Bullies is therefore timely. If anything, I wish it had appeared earlier as authoritarian states and vigilante citizens persecuting vendettas against political enemies are already far advanced. But we are never without hope, and Conway’s book serves as both a careful…
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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2024