in light of what people can see, you know, through their own eyes on their television screens. so, i think it has imposed a kind of moral clarity on the world where people could imagine that putin was just a nationalist like them, but, you know, still basically not that terrible a person and now i think they see the direction this kind of populist politics is leading. ok, let s talk about that moral clarity that you talk about, because 30 years ago, you said western liberalism had triumphed over all its ideological competitors and would end up as the single form of government over the long term. in your latest book, liberalism and its discontents, you recognise and analyse why liberalism has been in retreat. do you think what we are seeing now is effectively a correction to that retreat and will restore faith in liberalism, reinvigorate it? if the optimistic scenario materialises, if putin is forced
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