In allowing her anti-American bias to dominate her account of the decline of Western influence, Z. Khan (The Mercury, April 16) omits reference to the rot of Western norms and beliefs in Europe.
But what is fundamentally lacking in Khan’s account is the insidious role and aims of Orwellian globalism. Ninety years ago, George Orwell observed in his novel Burmese Days that all kinds of freedom are permitted in England. “You are free to be a drunkard, an idler, a coward, a backbiter, a fornicator. But you are not free to think for yourself.”
In an essay he published in 1941, he observed that intellectual honesty is a crime in any totalitarian country. “But even in England, it is not exactly profitable to speak and write the truth.” Fast forward 80 years, and the veracity of Orwell’s observations is a reality in Europe. It is a crime to question those who have arrogated to themselves the authority to determine official narratives on transgenderism, racism, green environmentalism, religious rights, etc.
Scientists and doctors were dismissed from their positions in universities or had their medical licenses revoked for daring to oppose Covid vaccinations and for promoting ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine. The founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, was refused the right to leave France because he allowed “misinformation” on Telegram.
The collapse of the bedrock of Western influence, Judeo-Christianity, lies at the core of Europe’s decline. Besides the dramatic extent to which church attendance has declined, church leaders have failed to stand firm against wokeness and globalism.
But whereas Khan sees America as going the same way as Europe, the difference lies in the significance of the First Amendment of the US Constitution: freedom of speech and religion. Underpinning that reality is that America has a leader who firmly upholds the Constitution, rejects wokism and globalism, and who strongly embraces Christianity, as his Holy Week and Easter message shows.
Since he entered the political arena in 2016, Donald Trump has made his objectives very clear: the exposure and defeat of the Deep State’s Orwellian globalism, the re-establishment of US sovereignty and independence, ending American financing of globalist anti-American organisations like the WHO, the WEF, and accords like the Paris Climate one.
The chorus of negativity about Trump’s tariffs, while predictable, is short-sighted. As the master of the art of the deal, his manoeuvres on tariff charges are typical of how he gains success. Already, he has induced 75 countries to negotiate a world trade order based on fair trade.
Trump’s detractors can do their damnedest, but the steady growth of support within the US for his policies as well as a revival of Christian faith indicate that America’s decline under Obama and Biden is being reversed.
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