Neo-Colonialism & the Abandonment of Human Rights.

Political equality, the right to self-determination, & the application of human rights, have only ever been what the influential West allowed them to be. Now as the West retreats from its’ own undertakings, those sidelined initially are taking the moral lead.

Peter Winn-Brown
28 min readJul 4, 2024
Theodor Herzl looking out on the land during his one visit to Palestine in 1898
Theodor Herzl surveying the land during his one visit to Palestine in 1898. If he could see the land now, I wonder what his thoughts might be? Image from Mosaic by David Wolffsohn, Imagno/Getty Images.

‘Marxism incorporates, at the verbal level and the intellectual level, the values of liberal democracy in its assault on liberal democracy and this is precisely why it entraps so many Western intellectuals who are themselves serious liberal democrats. Thus the slightest restriction on, let’s say, the presumption of innocence of the accused is said to demonstrate the absence of the rule of law. The slightest failure of an electoral system demonstrates contempt for political equality. Any use of force in international affairs establishes the lawless character of the society. Now, it is a short step from having demonstrated that a country like the United States is not a law-abiding society to demonstrating that it is lost and that it is like any other lawless society. The Soviets can always claim “We are no worse than you. Even if we are a lawless society, you too are a lawless society, we are no worse than you.” This is the “logic” of…

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Peter Winn-Brown

The past can illuminate the present if we shine the light of inquiry openly, truthfully, with attention to detail & care for the salient facts.