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THE CHALLENGES TO THE WEST AND ITS PROGENY
The current set of challenges to civilization threaten to usher in a Dark Age from which we may not be able to recover, given the size of our footprint on the world, the virulence of the pathogens that follow us wherever we live and the scale and seriousness of the instabilities in the biosphere on which we rely.
Civilization in its most developed form follows the “Western civilization” model, a product of Greco-Roman organization, Judeo-Christian values and Anglo-American jurisprudence, with accrued innovations from all the other successful models.
Western civilization is fragmented and unstable at the moment, held in temporary suspension by its decaying traditions against a storm of destructive challenges. The current challenges are deadly. They represent a unique admixture of atavistic, nihilistic and paleo-ideological forces. We who are committed to the preservation of civilization need to achieve general agreement about that which we will fight to preserve.
Where to we go from here? Read my new article, “A NEW SOCIAL COMPACT - At The Crossroads of The Human Condition”. It is now posted on The Policy think Site in PDF format, only. Go to http://jaygaskill.com/COMPACT.pdf .
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