Two Significant Developments In The Past Several

It Will Take A Long Time, And Certainly The West Will Remain The Dominant Civilization Well Into The Next Century, But The Decline Is Occurring.

America Doesn't Border On Muslim Countries. European Countries Do And That Seems To Be A Fundamental Difference.

Except Under Rare Circumstances, I Don't Write Responses To Criticism.

Democracy Is Premised, In Some Measure, On Majority Rule, And Democracy Is Difficult In A Situation Of Concentrated Inequalities In Which A Large, Impoverished Majority Confronts A Small, Wealthy Oligarchy.

Religiosity Distinguishes America From Most Other Western Societies. Americans Are Also Overwhelmingly Christian, Which Distinguishes Them From Many Non-western Peoples. Their Religiosity Leads Americans To See The World In Terms Of Good And Evil To A Much Greater Extent Than Most Other Peoples.