Estelle Platini<p>[…] authoritarian liberals who, once in power, consider resorting to force because they know full well that their policies are unpopular; those same authoritarian liberals who want to form an alliance with the far right, who back down because it wants too much, and finally take a gamble on entrusting it with power…"</p><p>Johan Chapoutot wrote about Germany in 1932</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/3Blocs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3Blocs</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/circleOfReason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>circleOfReason</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liberals</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/liberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liberalism</span></a> <a 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