Democracy Unpolished
Democracy Unpolished
David Slings
The Andrzej Duda Effect & the Rise of Religious Fanaticism
22 minutes Posted Apr 19, 2021 at 7:55 am.
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The Polish President has recently made headlines all over the world after a best-selling author called him out on being... not particularly well versed on matters concerning the American electoral process. While the writer, Jakub Żulczyk, is now facing charges for insulting the head of state, we talk about why the President might actually be doing him a big favor.

We also discuss the disturbing rise in religiously motivated death threats targeting Polish women’s rights activists. After Jarosław Kaczyński urged his followers “to defend the Catholic Church at all cost” back in October, the most radical among them seem to have taken his words to heart.