northman on Nostr: For much of the 20th century, North America and Western Europe were beacons of ...

For much of the 20th century, North America and Western Europe were beacons of political and social freedom, justice, opportunity and property rights, all of which were envied by those living elsewhere. This is no longer the case.

Since entering the 21st century, we have seen the persecution of political opponents by law enforcement agencies (e.g., Trump), unjust imprisonments through perversion of justice (e.g., Jacob Chansley), censorship (e.g., Julian Assange), the economic destruction of the middle class (e.g., the housing crisis), the arbitrary confiscation of personal assets (e.g., Canadian protestors, Russian citizens), restrictions of movement (e.g., closed borders, 15-minute cities), forced "medical" treatment (e.g., Covid shots), the intentional destruction of social cohesion (e.g. uncontrolled immigration, ghettos), the encouragement of violence and vandalism (e.g., BLM), and a captured press that no longer questions government actions.

The West is tearing itself apart and abandoning all the foundational tenets that defined its identity. People are feeling helpless, as there is no longer any pretence that public institutions are working for the good of the general citizenship.

And I fear that these developments are about to get much worse.