What i mean is it is we looking at a binary of values in power i think its i think its both because when the west exit of the cold war it was immensely powerful the main reason is not just material wealth but also how their moral purpose it had a mission that was you know liberalism had won they were going to spread this around the world essentially. Thing is to remake the world around the west so that again this is also what i define the west which is why its now youre running into some problems because if this is not the mission of the west or what is the west coast we see now the material wealth is going but also decide the ology of you know taking liberalism to the extreme is now proving to have a very bad effects both internally within the west but also creating very bad relations with external powers and they dont seem to connect that these 2 are very much related. And where that where the causes are limited hours here in athens i mean one of the things i. Quite fascinating in ru
Into some problems because if this is not the mission of the west or what is the west coast we see now the material wealth is going but also decide of taking liberalism to the extreme is now proving to have a very bad effects both internally within the west but also creating very bad relations with external powers and they dont seem to connect that these 2 are very much related. And where that where the causes are limited our guest here in athens i mean one of the things i find quite fascinating in running up to this security conference in munich is that in this term west listeners its should be a criticism of neo liberalism thats whats destroying the west and that to it is threatening the world i mean the lack of reflection on the part of these people its just a step out of me they are the problem and once theyre fixed then then europe can actually find its own footing its own identity instead of having it forced down its throat this her ripping. Ideology that people are protesting le
Center briggs that is the best example go ahead. You know their problem is russia is in a peter rabbit. Restless and this is yeah in china now as well but west listeners what the west is doing to itself youre exactly right i mean west listeners its this neo liberal policy that weve all been living under its the Mass Immigration its the destruction of religion the structure of family the censorship the woken the identity politics this is all coming from the neo liberal west west listening is the neo liberal west destroying itself but like you said peter its russias fault its chinas fault everyone elses fault thats whats this this is what theyre doing to themselves theyre theyre destroying their own society that they have built and theyre doing it in an incredible unbelievable fashion you know and what i find really in standing you know alice cooper used the word walk and wont miss here but you know theres numerous reflection on the part of these elites and say much of the world would li
Divided and of course then you have the external challenge just by a new powers arising taking away the primacy of the west so again this is. This is what i mean is it is we looking at a binary of values in power i think its i think its both because when the west exit of the cold war it was immensely powerful the main reason is not just material wealth but also how their moral purpose it had a mission that was you know liberalism had won they were going to spread this around the world essential. Thing is to remake the world around the west so that again this is also what us define the west which is why its now youre running into some problems because if this is not the mission of the west or what is the west coast we see now the material wealth is going but also this idea of you know taking liberalism to the extreme is now proving to have very bad effects both internally within the west but also creating very bad relations with external. Powers and they dont seem to connect that these
Talking some real news im joined by my guest here in moscow glenn these and he is a professor at the Higher School of economics as well as author of that ok of western civilization and resurgence of brusha we also have Dmitri Bobbitt she is a political analyst and editor at interest me internet media project and in athens were joined by alex reporter hes the director and writer for the duran dot com or across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in there when you want and i always appreciate it lets talk about munich the the end you will security conference there every year something very interesting comes out western media doesnt really cover it very much and if they do they dont do it very well. A term i came across would never come across as west ness what does that mean being a european. Referring to the minister all of the west so it comes from 2 reasons one is within the west its fragmenting. And becoming more divided and of course then you have the external challenge j