Presumably you have seen the state of some U.S. streets in recent times. Not just the tent cities or people sleeping in their cars (and these are people with jobs) in gated car parks. No doubt you are aware of the ongoing situation there regarding illegal drug use, drugs such as Fentanyl that can reduce human beings to virtual zombies.
Then there is the field of politics. Biden vs. Trump, Sunak vs. Starmer. These are the best the USA and UK can do apparently. Impressed? As for the political systems of both lands… what do you make of the crowded middle ground where both parties seek ownership of the banal middle ground where elites love to congregate?
Are the endless war policies across the western world from Washington to London to Brussels and beyond to your taste? Wasn’t diplomacy supposed to be the way to go so that military conflicts could be contained and not allowed to spread? No more it seems.
How is your infrastructure doing, your health services, your schools, roads and the social network of life in general. Are things improving or worsening? Do you find your life becoming ever more affordable, more stress free and generally on an upward trajectory? Or the reverse?
As you look at other regions of the world how do they compare? If you have travelled at all you will undoubtedly have compared what you left behind with what you find in those foreign lands. How are their life prospects compared to yours? Naturally there will be placed where the comparison favours back home but what about those so-called enemies of the West, China and Russia. Have you ventured to either recently? No graffiti, no litter, well-dressed, well-behaved, apparently happy people, excellent infrastructure whether we are talking of their transport systems or a large range of other facilities and services.
With western influence in the world waning and the same opportunities for western exploitation of others or their manipulation to secure and build our power bases within them, and with greater resistance to our ‘West is Best’ attitude, do you find the prospects for increased affluence, greater leisure time and ever-enhancing opportunities in the West realistic?
The daily grind in the West for most is reaching abominable levels. Depression, discontent, suicide, drug-use (both legal and illegal), an ever disintegrating effect on traditions and cultures once held dear, things are looking bleak an headed for an anything goes woke liberalism where nothing is sacred nor stable any more. An anything goes mentality of flux and anarchic chaos appears destined to prevail from here on out.
This as other parts of the world hold fast to their cultural traditions and mores that have stood the test of time and show a clear resolve not to go down the reckless path to a place where nothing much can be relied upon any more. There you can find the stability and predictability that is fast leaving the western world. There parents define what it is to live in safety and in an aura of mental health for their children. They teach their children, showing them each jigsaw piece of life with a defined edge that they can fit into the picture overall. Increasingly in the West there is no overall picture therefore parents offer their children jigsaw pieces with no defined edges which cannot possibly give any child an overall picture with which to live a happy, productive and life integrated with all others. They stand alone, confused. Perhaps with peers who advocate becoming transgender as a way to garner some kind of identity in a milieu absent of any defined rules.
Which society do you think survives best in the long run? Perhaps look at the evidence. Take a look around the world if you can. If you can’t afford to be there bodily, at least travel via the internet and delve as deep as possible into each culture, environment, social milieu and economic level. Take a good look around and compare.
IS THE WEST *REALLY* THE BEST?
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