Since we're about political populism this month, let's talk about values a little bit. This term which is most often used in the plural, and is being so overused in recent times for all sorts of occasions and purposes: from political debates to the regular Sunday sermon, from TV talk-shows to newspaper headlines. Some prefer to put some adjectives
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How limited? Like in the US, or like in the UK, or like in France? Or like in Sweden? Or maybe like in Singapore?
Military Power/.Aggression
Like in Russia?
Ps. You omitted "political correctness", "moral high horse" and "hypocrisy".
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It's a sliding scale. They all are. The more limited, the better, in my opinion, but the essence is that government is not totalitarian, it allows civil life to exist outside the scope of the state. There are places in civil life where the state has no cause or let.
Like in Russia?
Sure. I never said these were universal goods, or values that could not be turned to foolish or evil ends. Of course, I also said none of these were confined to the "West," so since Russia is failing currently to live up to any number of the other values I've mentioned, perhaps they are falling outside the parameters of the discussion.
"political correctness", "moral high horse" and "hypocrisy".
I admitted there are probably more. Although I think you could put those down to "Affluence" combining with "Toleration" and "Intellectual Freedom." Hypocrisy is a value found only in places where there are homo sapiens.
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Most of Europe would beg to differ. As would Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and so on and so forth.
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