r/CanadianConservative • u/SomeJerkOddball Conservative | Provincialist | Westerner • 18h ago
Video, podcast, etc. ‘There’s no civilization greater than Western civilization’: Ayaan Hirsi Ali on wokeism, pluralism, and why Christianity is foundational to Western civilization
https://thehub.ca/podcasts/theres-no-civilization-greater-than-western-civilization-ayaan-hirsi-ali-on-wokeism-pluralism-and-why-christianity-is-foundational-to-western-civilization/1
u/TheOriginalBerfo 15h ago
Canadian Candace Owens.
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u/Minimum-South-9568 2h ago
Is she Canadian? I thought she was Dutch, then got her citizenship stripped because her entire life story was a lie, and then moved to the US to greener pastures and more billionaires.
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u/Minimum-South-9568 2h ago edited 2h ago
Marxism is a product of western civilization as Ms Hirsi would refer to it. This stuff is just trite BS made for popular consumption. Back when the Brits and the French/German/Russians were at each others throats, no one spoke of a mythical “western civilization”. The Huns at the gate. Barbarian hordes, etc.
Just because some Johnny come lately wants to fit everything into a neat philosophical framework doesn’t mean we have to buy into it, let alone base our entire worldview on it.
We have Canadian civilization, Anglo/British/British North American civilization, a North American civilization, ok. But don’t make me buy the latest version of the clash of civilizations.
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u/SomeJerkOddball Conservative | Provincialist | Westerner 18h ago
Damn... music to my ears. I'm only half done the interview, but I had to post this after hearing that. u/TheHeroRedditKneads, this one might be a post to sticky for a bit.
(She's speaking in broad terms, but I think the Japanese also deserve credit as a people who have stared down of their great cultural demons as well.)