We Have Been Subverted

The West’s inheritance springs from a peculiar confluence of habits and customs that had been practiced for centuries before anyone branded them as “ideas.” But they are principles—radical ones—that have given us the most tolerant, free, and flourishing societies in all of human history. 

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Among these principles are the rule of law, a tradition of liberty, personal responsibility, a system of representative government, a toleration of difference, and a commitment to pluralism. Each of these ideas might have been extinguished in their infancy but for the grace of God and the force of their appeal. 

Perhaps it is because I was born into a part of the world where these principles were nonexistent that I feel a particular love for them—and an instinct for when they are in danger.

Right now, so many Western nations are under grave threat from the twin forces of cultural Marxism and an expansionist political Islam familiar to me from my youth.

Ed Morrissey

If it seems odd that Marxists would align with radical Islamists, think again. That is exactly what happened in Somalia after its independence, thanks to the Soviet Union's attempt to use any means necessary to export its totalitarian ideology. Be sure to read all of this from Hirsi, and we may discuss this in a future Amiable Skeptics episode, too. 

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