Avainsana: racism

• Popper, ”paradox of tolerance”, Hitler, Trump and the modern far-right

  The Austrian-British philosopher Karl Popper wrote in his book ”Open society and its enemies” in 1945 about the ”paradox of tolerance” and warns of the danger of fascism and its bystanders. The paradox goes roughly like this: If tolerant people tolerate and accept intolerance, it follows that intolerant people like fascists and Nazis will take…

  Daniel Elkama

  18.3.2024

  Yleinen

  activism, Boenhoeffer, civil rights, Constitution, democracy, Enlightenment, ethics, evil, far right, fascism, Finland, freedom, good, green movement, human rights, humanism, justice, Krisnamurti, Navalnyi, Nazi Germany, Nazis, Neo Nazis, political violence, Putin, racism, Russia, society, Trump, USA

• A government of hatred, anti-liberalism and regression – the dark history of anti-liberalism

  In Finland, a couple of months ago, the right-wing and left-wing parties had almost equal results in elections, but the right-wing bloc got slightly more votes. This has led Finland to move in the direction of the extreme right, like a pendulum movement, especially because the government that just started its operation has an extreme…

  Daniel Elkama

  21.6.2023

  Yleinen

  anti-liberalism, enlightment, extremism, far right, politics, racism