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LAL #049 — The Taliban and the Failure of Western Monism
The Taliban erased the work and struggle of two decades of Western influence and state building in Afghanistan this week. It was a collage of what I call globalist monism — the assumption that there can be a universal agreement on global norms capable of governing the world.
The collapse carries a warning to the West: Rekindle the traditions that brought you to the world power, or welcome your own version of the Taliban to your shores.
Momism is the vision of a world in which on
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By Norm Pattis
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The Taliban erased the work and struggle of two decades of Western influence and state building in Afghanistan this week. It was a collage of what I call globalist monism — the assumption that there can be a universal agreement on global norms capable of governing the world.
The collapse carries a warning to the West: Rekindle the traditions that brought you to the world power, or welcome your own version of the Taliban to your shores.
Momism is the vision of a world in which on