Section 4.6 - Q14 - What Does Project 2025 Say?

“Create a successor to the WTO (assuming that it has been fatally wounded) that is open only to liberal democracies. This would prevent authoritarian countries like China from abusing the organization for their own ends.”

Citation: Project 2025, Section 4.6: Trade, Kent Lassman, page 833, paragraph 4

Context:

I think it’s hysterical how conservatives will concede that the United States is a liberal democracy when it suits the point they’re trying to make.

The fact is, we’re both a Constitutional Republic – meaning that we’re governed by a Constitution – AND a Representative Democracy, meaning that the people’s representatives in the government are democratically elected. A Constitutional Republic emphasizes the rule of law and the protection of rights, often limiting majority rule to protect minorities from potential abuses. A Representative Democracy emphasizes elections and the role of the people in choosing their leaders.

What Lassman means here by “liberal democracy” is the literal definition – a form of government characterized by free and fair elections, the rule of law, the protection of individual rights, and a system of checks and balances to prevent the concentration of power. Considering the policies argued for throughout Project 2025, are we sure Lassman is one of them? Or does he just possess zero self-awareness?

Full contextual analysis of Section 4.6: Trade here.

Section: Section 4.6: Trade

Categories: Economy, Government, Trade