‘We’re facing another old enemy’: Rushdie warns against global authoritarianism | Salman Rushdie | The Guardian

“I think now we’re facing another old enemy, which is authoritarianism. I think there’s a real rise in authoritarian movements around the world, populist authoritarian demagoguery.

“Coupled with that, [there is] a willingness amongst at least some part of the population to cease to value the democratic values enshrined in the first amendment. So I think the problem is, I would now say, political more than primarily religious.”

Source: ‘We’re facing another old enemy’: Rushdie warns against global authoritarianism | Salman Rushdie | The Guardian