“The prevailing ideology of the modern west - which is political economy - is in the doghouse. Having failed to notice atmospheric pollution, the economists then frightened themselves with the sort of financial crisis they said they had abolished.” SaidPoliticalEconomyModernCrisisWestFinancialIdeologyFrightenedPollutionThey SaidEconomistPrevailingFinancial CrisisPolitical Economy Author:James Buchan
“We in the West have arranged our institutions to prevent the concentration of political power. … But we have failed utterly to prevent the concentration of economic power, or take account of how such concentration damages the conditions under which full human flourishing becomes possible (it is never guaranteed).” HumansPoliticalEconomicConditionsAccountsInstitutionsWestDamageConcentrationPolitical PowerFlourishingEconomic Power Book:Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work Source: Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work
“People nowadays have such high hopes of America and the political conditions obtaining there that one might say the desires, at least the secret desires, of all enlightened Europeans are deflected to the west, like our magnetic needles.” PeopleMightAmericaPoliticalDesireSecretConditionsWestEnlightenedNeedlesMagneticObtainingSecret Desire Author:Georg C. Lichtenberg
“The west has fiscalised its basic power relationships through a web of contracts, loans, shareholdings, bank holdings and so on. In such an environment it is easy for speech to be "free" because a change in political will rarely leads to any change in these basic instruments. Western speech, as something that rarely has any effect on power, is, like badgers and birds, free.” PoliticalEasyEnvironmentEffectsSpeechBirdInstrumentsWestWesternContractsFree SpeechLoanPolitical WillBadgersPower Relationships Author:Julian Assange
“The success [of the X-Men], I think, is for two reasons. The first is that, creatively, the book was close to perfect ... but the other reason is that it was a book about being different in a culture where, for the first time in the West, being different wasn't just accepted, but was also fashionable. I don't think it's a coincidence that gay rights, black rights, the empowerment of women and political correctness all happened over those twenty years and a book about outsiders trying to be accepted was almost the poster-boy for this era in American culture.” ThinkingMenTryingYearsFirstsTwoBookDifferentReasonPoliticalCultureBlackPerfectBoysRightsHappenedGayFirst TimeEmpowermentTwentiesWestAcceptedErasOutsidersCoincidenceAmerican CultureFashionablePolitical CorrectnessBeing DifferentPostersGay RightsCorrectnessX Men Author:Mark Millar
“It doesn't serve an American interest. It really doesn't really serve Israeli interests - it serves the interests of the political party that's getting the votes of the settlers on the West Bank.” PoliticalLiteratureInterestPartyVoteWestPolitical PartiesIsraeliSettlers Author:Chris Matthews
“We in the West must bear in mind that the poor countries are poor primarily because we have exploited them through political or economic colonialism.” MindCountryPoliticalPoorEconomicBearsWestColonialismPoor Countries Book:In a Single Garment of Destiny Source: In a Single Garment of Destiny
“The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first thing is to involve the people in decision making, not to make it.” PeopleIfsWantFirstsProblemPoliticalDecisionDemocracyWestReformDecision MakingPolitical Reform Author:Bashar al-Assad
“So, Wesley Clark is running for president. Pretty amazing guy. Four star general, first in his class at West Point, supreme commander of NATO, saw combat in Vietnam, won the bronze star, silver star, the purple heart for being wounded in battle. See, I'm no political expert, but that sounds pretty good next to choking on a pretzel, falling off a scooter and dropping the dog.” FirstsHeartRunningPoliticalGuyFallNextStarsSoundPresidentClassSawsFourDogBattleWestSupremeExpertsSilverCombatVietnamWoundedPurpleDroppingCommandersChokeNatoBronzeFalling OffPretzelsWest PointScootersPurple Heart Author:Jay Leno
“Well, Nigeria has played a constructive role in peacekeeping in various parts of West Africa. But unless and until Nigeria itself is democratic and respects human rights, it too may well be a source of much greater instability as political repression limits the ability of the people of Nigeria to achieve their full potential.” PeopleHumansWellsMayPoliticalAbilityRolesGreaterRightsAchieveSourceLimitsDemocraticWestHuman RightsVariousConstructiveRepressionNigeriaInstabilityFull PotentialPeacekeepingWest AfricaNigeria IndependencePolitical Instability Author:Susan Rice