🇺🇸The Crisis of “Liberalism” is Not the Crisis of Democracy

An increasingly illiberal "liberalism" is being threatened by right-wing populism. The question is which of the two is a greater threat to democracy.

You might have noticed the quotation marks in the headline?

They are intentional. 

Much of what is described as a crisis of democracy is actually a crisis of liberalism, as well as "liberalism."

By "liberalism," I refer to illiberal political forces that often …