Vertikály svobody – Schmarcz Martin (2021)

How can we live better, more qualitatively, and continue to develop? How to overcome hatred, a divided society, fake news, and the lingering communist-nationalist interpretation of history? Why should we look 'up' rather than just 'around us'? What should we do with the European Union to understand it better and accept it as our own? How should we approach climate change and the functioning of the market and capitalism? What is dangerous about the 'second post-November republic' in which we have lived since 2013 with Miloš Zeman and Andrej Babiš? And what did our behavior during the coronavirus pandemic reveal? Martin Schmarcz's book is a defense of liberal democracy and a call not to stagnate. It analyzes five key factors that we should follow, 'five verticals of freedom: Christian-Jewish morality, the functioning of parliamentary democracy, the rule of law, liberal capitalism, and critical thinking first formulated by ancient philosophy. Through examples from the past and present, this book shows how to cope with the complex 21st century and more than 30 years of Czech post-November development.