One common narrative about the West’s ongoing predicament is that the current revival of nationalism is a foreseeable and potentially helpful corrective to liberalism’s overreach. Pushing the Euro, gay marriage, permissive immigration policies, and the climate change agenda down the throats of reluctant electorates was bound to provoke a reaction. Among conservatives seeking find a positive path forward from the current situation, Yoram Hazony calls for “conservative democracy” as an alternative to liberal democracy, in order to restore “a balance between the principles of limited government and individual liberties, on the one hand; and the principles of religion, nationalism, and historical empiricism [on the other].”
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Dalibor Rohac: The vices of nationalism
Supporters of the Polish National Radical Camp (Obóz Narodowo-Radykalny, ONR) march through the streets of Warsaw on April 29, 2017 to commemorate the nationalist movement's foundation 83 years ago.
