16 Feb 2023 9:10 am
ZiggyX » 16 Feb 2023, 2:04 am » wrote: ↑ According to Tom Friedman in his book 'The Earth is Flat', Capitalism is the only surviving economic system today.
I think the current battle lines are over the Cultural War, 'Christians' vs 'Pagan Left'.
'Authoritarianism' seems to be a common trait between the 'Religionists' and the 'Wokesters'.
That book is a little dated but still holds up somewhat in light of the fall of the USSR (around the turn of the century). Now China remains a Communist nation and many nations (India and Russia are of large note) have turned somewhat towards autocracy. Still, the market based economy holds even in China although they have had a slowdown in their economy as of late.
Nothing is easier than defending the status quo.