‘The God That Failed’: Why the U.S. Cannot Now Re-Impose Its Civilisational Worldview — Alastair Crooke

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Liberal core tenets of individual autonomy, freedom, industry, free trade and commerce essentially reflected the triumph of the Protestant worldview in Europe’s 30-years’ civil war. It was not fully even a Christian view, but more a Protestant one.This narrow, sectarian pillar was able to be projected into a universal project – only so long as it was underpinned by power.... World views are justifications (values-based, normative) rather than explanations (factual, scientific).Alastair Crooke goes a bit of the rails as the article goes on, in fact, quite a bit. Strategic Culture Foundation‘The God That Failed’: Why the U.S. Cannot Now Re-Impose Its Civilisational Worldview Alastair Crooke | founder and director of the Conflicts Forum, and former British diplomat and senior figure in

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