Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Don't be Hostages of Western History" video.

  1. I think "the West" innovated MANY things, many ideas and principles that set it on a path to rapid progress, surpassing that of other civilizations. As I see it, Western principles of the Natural Rights of Man are rock solid. Where "the West" got it wrong was in their leadership. The people who scratch and claw to be at the top of the political realm are not believers in the principles they peddle to the masses, and in which the masses very much - and rightly - believe. It is much the same in the Islamic world. The belief system produces good people, but people whose goodness is always thwarted by the "climbers:" those who would weaponize the core beliefs and subvert them for their OWN power and prestige. Britain, which brought us many such good principles, ignored those principles, and instead, followed an essentially Roman model of empire. The USA, whose very existence and Constitution REJECT such shenanigans, didn't take long - at the top leadership levels - to try to implement essentially the same Roman concepts of conquest and empire, trying to be "cool," like the leaders of Western Europe. American leaders are SUPPOSED to be "barbaric," by European standards. because they're supposed to be products of a meritocracy of the present, not the scions of aristocrats. But the drive to be aristocratic is present in all of us, particularly those who wish to occupy the halls of power. This man apparently rejects The Enlightenment and Magna Carta. THAT is what the West brings the world, and it's always thwarted by would-be aristocrats, which, as in Rome, is the biggest threat to life, liberty and prosperity in the West. I'm not going to let this guy throw the baby out with the bathwater, but his criticisms are to be taken to heart, because our nations do NOT reflect the core beliefs and behaviors of the common man raised in those beliefs and behaviors. With toxic leadership, the core beliefs and behaviors of the common man become corrupted, as well. Just like Rome. This is one thing I think Islam does better. The political systems they have developed aren't perfect, but they definitely tap the breaks on certain forms of progress, which prevents the immediate slide into amorality and decadence. No system is perfect, because we are not perfect beings. But we shouldn't reject good principles just because the worst, most greedy and power-mad individuals reject those principles and keep trying to drag us back to a modern version of the old feudalism.
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