"So in many cases, solutions that might actually work are politically excluded, because of western ideology about the causes and remedies for conflict, as well as the range of aesthetically-pleasing permitted outcomes. It is a commonplace of western Liberal thinking that “lasting peace” is based on all sorts of good things like democracy…
"So in many cases, solutions that might actually work are politically excluded, because of western ideology about the causes and remedies for conflict, as well as the range of aesthetically-pleasing permitted outcomes. It is a commonplace of western Liberal thinking that “lasting peace” is based on all sorts of good things like democracy, human rights, inclusivity, the suppression of corruption, multi-party political systems etc. "
The West cares nothing for these things, except to the extent they are in furtherance of Empire. Same with proposed solutions or the problems they are ostensibly intended to solve.
Exactly, the extraction was helpful to me. I did a very rough touch up, so it needs more work than I can spare.
""It is a commonplace "lie" of western Liberal thinking that “lasting peace” is based on all sorts of gimcrackery like pseudo-democracy (used to disarm and suppress the masses), human rights (used to promote privilege) , inclusivity (used to suppress individuality), the suppression of corruption (used to suppress exposure of corruption), multi-party political systems (used as puppet shows), etc. ""
I am waiting to see the narrative being ignored("all sorts of gimcrackery"). What is said publicly is taken into account to confuse and mellow the populations in the short term, ...so efficiently as to be incredulous. That opens the gates to what is done and consumed by all power circles.
"So in many cases, solutions that might actually work are politically excluded, because of western ideology about the causes and remedies for conflict, as well as the range of aesthetically-pleasing permitted outcomes. It is a commonplace of western Liberal thinking that “lasting peace” is based on all sorts of good things like democracy, human rights, inclusivity, the suppression of corruption, multi-party political systems etc. "
The West cares nothing for these things, except to the extent they are in furtherance of Empire. Same with proposed solutions or the problems they are ostensibly intended to solve.
Exactly, the extraction was helpful to me. I did a very rough touch up, so it needs more work than I can spare.
""It is a commonplace "lie" of western Liberal thinking that “lasting peace” is based on all sorts of gimcrackery like pseudo-democracy (used to disarm and suppress the masses), human rights (used to promote privilege) , inclusivity (used to suppress individuality), the suppression of corruption (used to suppress exposure of corruption), multi-party political systems (used as puppet shows), etc. ""
I am waiting to see the narrative being ignored("all sorts of gimcrackery"). What is said publicly is taken into account to confuse and mellow the populations in the short term, ...so efficiently as to be incredulous. That opens the gates to what is done and consumed by all power circles.