How Free Societies Fall for Totalitarian Temptations: Ryszard Legutko

Ryszard Legutko fought for freedom in Poland as an underground editor in the anti-communist Solidarity movement. But after democracy was restored in Poland, he began seeing trends he didn’t expect in not just Poland, but many other liberal democracies as well.A professor, philosopher, and most recently a politician, Ryszard Legutko explains his findings in his book “The Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies.”Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and the guest and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

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