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October 18, 2016
And losing the political battle, even permanently, does not mean losing the West.
It merely means that the Age of Democracy is at an end. The West existed before democracy and it will survive the demise of democracy. Vox Popoli: How the system is riggedPosted by gerardvanderleun at October 18, 2016 10:39 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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The West that existed before Democracy knew how to contain social and cultural wreckers. I doubt the post-Democracy West will have either the moxie or or cojones for this.
Posted by: BillH at October 18, 2016 1:45 PM
What follows the West will not be the West, not even a pale imitation. The West was never about mere geography. See Roger Scruton's outstanding treatise, The West and the Rest: Globalization and the Terrorist Threat.
Also a book of nearly the same name by Niall Ferguson.
Posted by: Donald Sensing at October 18, 2016 4:29 PM
They will, BillH, when they have no choice.
Or they'll become extinct.
Democracy is just another form of slavery.
Posted by: ghostsniper at October 18, 2016 6:03 PM
Between or above the snarling and sniveling there is a place of hard-won decency, honor, nobility. To paraphrase Rumi, "I'll meet you there."
Let us not be the Greatest Degeneration.
Posted by: Howard Nelson at October 18, 2016 7:02 PM