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Afghan Girl -
Photographic portrait of Sharbat Ghula, 1984 by photojournalist Steve McCurry.
The portrait appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine in June 1985.
On the right, it’s her in 2020.
Photographic portrait of Sharbat Ghula, 1984 by photojournalist Steve McCurry.
The portrait appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine in June 1985.
On the right, it’s her in 2020.
The idea that a people could experience liberalism and democracy and then choose Sharia law anyway is so horrifying to western liberals that they won't even consider it a possibility.
They will just carry on assuming that Afghans really want liberalism no matter what.
To accept the idea that democracy is a good system for some, and harsh theocratic rule is better for others suggests that there are differences between groups beyond economic cultural. Horrifying!
Most people in the West without religious faith cannot ever understand the Middle East, South or Central Asia.
They cannot understand Afghanistan, Palestine, Israel.
( They can't even understand the West of a generation ago )
They can't fathom that people in that part of the world answer to a higher calling than "liberal values."
Liberals also falsely believe all illiberal social structures were arbitrarily constructed and that in a blank slate all people would adopt liberalism given free choice.
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They will just carry on assuming that Afghans really want liberalism no matter what.
To accept the idea that democracy is a good system for some, and harsh theocratic rule is better for others suggests that there are differences between groups beyond economic cultural. Horrifying!
Most people in the West without religious faith cannot ever understand the Middle East, South or Central Asia.
They cannot understand Afghanistan, Palestine, Israel.
( They can't even understand the West of a generation ago )
They can't fathom that people in that part of the world answer to a higher calling than "liberal values."
Liberals also falsely believe all illiberal social structures were arbitrarily constructed and that in a blank slate all people would adopt liberalism given free choice.
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Carl Schmitt and his cri...
Momcilo Nevesky
Carl Schmitt and his critique of Liberalism
The Concept of the Political and Political Theology
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The Concept of the Political and Political Theology
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Tensions rise as Iranian dams cut off Iraqi water supplies
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Iranian dams cut off Iraqi water supplies
Drought in Iran is sparking protests, but its strategy of building dams to conserve water has devastating consequences across the border in Iraq.