Jonah Goldberg: If democracy is a corrupt ‘Western’ concept, why does Putin pretend his actions in Ukraine are democratic?
by Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency
Nov 01, 2022
3 minutes
Vladimir Putin is a murderer and tyrant. He’s also a hypocrite.
“It is no coincidence that the West claims that it is its culture and worldview that should be universal,” Putin explained last week at a pro-Putin Moscow think tank, the Valdai Discussion Club. His remarks echoed previous statements of his worldview, which many of his apologists — at home and abroad — take to be a very serious thing.
In July, that the “the liberal idea” had “outlived its purpose.”
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