Marek A. Cichocki: Europe is returning to enlightened absolutism. Will there be another revolution?

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The preemptive elimination of inconvenient political rivals like Georgescu and Le Pen shows that Europe is moving again towards fresh forms of top-down, preventive and enlightened absolutism, but besides towards an increasingly vehement opposition to specified paternalistic and undemocratic rule.