Western Arrogance

[Laodicean60]

I see why countries around the world are flocking to Russia or China, it's because of us dictating to other countries how they should live. We are so arrogant to think we are better than everyone else. The Rwandan president hits back at the reporters and more or less calls us hypocrites which I believe we are. We need to wake up and make peace because Africa along with the rest of the countries in this world are becoming intolerant to Western demands. Because of this, we are losing valuable resources that we will desperately need in the future. Then you have greedy corporations taking advantage of those countries.

 

[Laodicean60]

Now India is bad mouthing the West for meddling in their affairs.

 

[mindlight]

In some ways, there is a growing intolerance to Western influence and in other ways not.

The Rwandan president is not a perfect example of a critic. He is a Tutsi president in a country that is 85% Hutu. He has been in power for 30 years and his opponents tend to mysteriously disappear. He is a military man who owes his power to his control of the military. His country has been behind a great many expeditions to neighboring countries to influence directions there. His group did bring peace following the genocide and prosperity also after that but things have slowed down in the last few years in per capita terms and borrowing is spiraling.
Like with most of Africa the Western Woke agenda just seems like the words of confused perverts and brazen baby killers and to frame these issues in a discussion of human rights is dismissed by most Africans and especially religious ones. His country is 90% Christian but in some ways that faith is still shallow as the massacres demonstrated. But like he says no democracy is perfect and his virtues - lifting millions out of poverty, keeping the peace has to count for something. He is currently in a deal with the British government to accept immigrants deported from that country.

China is the main rival to Western dominance and the key question is whether it models a viable alternative. The suppression of free churches and Catholics and the demolishing of church towers seem to indicate a repressive regime vis a vis Christians. In Russia, a version of state-sponsored Christianity supports the state and oppresses non-Russian Orthodox Christians who fail to voice the nationalism of the Putin regime.

Also preaching the end of Western dominance is preaching the beginning of major international instability. This is far from inevitable as Western countries, together, still wield sufficient clout to keep world peace.

The major threat to the ongoing peace, prosperity and righteousness of the world is people like yourself who persistently seek to undermine Western hegemony from within.

 

[Laodicean60]

In some ways, there is a growing intolerance to Western influence and in other ways not.

Our arrogance of not giving countries equal footing. We don't listen to anyone.

Also preaching the end of Western dominance is preaching the beginning of major international instability. This is far from inevitable as Western countries, together, still wield sufficient clout to keep world peace.

The major threat to the ongoing peace, prosperity and righteousness of the world is people like yourself who persistently seek to undermine Western hegemony from within.

Nobody is preaching the end it's a fact, look around you and listen to what other countries' leaders are saying. We dismiss them if we don't like what they say. Hegemony is the major cause of the problems today. Dictating to other cultures how to act in this world when we should be worried about ourselves. There will never be peace if all the countries in the world want hegemony.

 

[Laodicean60]

The El Salvadoran President called out Western hypocrisy.

 

[Vanellus]

Russia, not an allly of the West attacks Ukraine and is condemned by the West. The West apples sanctions to Russia and sends arms to Ukraine.

Israel, an ally of the West, attacks Gaza - kills people at a greater rate and the West's response is to send arms to Israel.

This is an example of western hypocrisy to many countries.

I know there is the "they attacked first" counterargument of the October 7 attack yet the violence in Israel/Palestinian goes much further back and consistently more Palestinians have been killed:

 

[Laodicean60]

Niger evicting US troops in favor of Russia.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/04/19/us-troops-niger/