The weaponization of history

Vincent J. Curtis

1 Feb 25

RE: We live in a world where history is being weaponized. Op-ed by Paul Racher. The Hamilton Spectator.

It might be useful to know where this world is that Paul Racher writes about.  One gets the impression that some Western Civ chauvinist dominated his life, but such a person is not representative of real Western Civilization.

Mr. Racher would do well to read Thomas Sowell’s book “Discrimination and Disparities” to learn why the civilization of Western Europe presently dominates the world.  He would also do well to watch at least the first two of the four episodes put on YouTube by historian and classicist Victor Davis Hanson on the origin and rise of Western Civilization, beginning around 850 BC in Greece.  What makes Western Civilization unique and special today is its absence of chauvinism, its willingness to absorb and assimilate what is good about other cultures, but most especially the fact that anyone regardless of race can be Western.  This is not true of the Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and many other cultures.

It’s easy to bash Western Civilization because it’s one of the few that will tolerate it and let you live.

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