Order, Legitimacy, and Western Hypocrisy
📰 THE STORY: Dr. Steve Turley posits that the 'liberal order' – implicitly referring to Western global hegemony – is collapsing not due to external attacks, but from an 'internal hollowing' and a loss of legitimacy, attributing it to cultural decay and a failure of its own principles. This narrative suggests an organic, self-inflicted decline. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context:
The 'liberal order' didn't just hollow out internally; it was actively hollowed out by its own architects through a consistent pattern of imperial interventions. From the 1953 CIA-backed coup in Iran to overthrow the democratically elected Mosaddegh, to the 1973 coup against Allende in Chile, and the 2002 coup attempt against Chavez in Venezuela, the US and its allies routinely undermined
democratic processes for geopolitical and economic gain. This began long before the 'cultural decay' Turley describes. Furthermore, Western powers have propped up numerous dictatorships, including the Shah of Iran and Pinochet in Chile, directly contradicting any notion of a principled 'liberal order.' Double Standard: Western media and academics frequently lament a decline in 'liberal values'
when it suits their geopolitical agenda, often in the context of rising 'authoritarian' states like Russia or China. Yet, the systematic destruction of nations like Libya in 2011, which shattered a stable, prosperous African state, is framed as a humanitarian intervention. The ongoing 17-year blockade of Gaza, a literal concentration camp engineered by Israel with Western explicit and implicit