“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.” —Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilisation and the Remaking of the World Order, 1996, p. 51
This was originally published in November 2023
A geopolitical analysis divorced from sociology/international sociology, i.e. no link to class, class relations at home and capital accumulation. However, it is important not to lose track amidst what is happening now.
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