Many Of The Most Difficult Questions Concerning

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.

In The Emerging World Of Ethnic Conflict And Civilizational Clash, Western Belief In The Universality Of Western Culture Suffers Three Problems: It Is False; It Is Immoral; And It Is Dangerous.

The Argument Now That The Spread Of Pop Culture And Consumer Goods Around The World Represents The Triumph Of Western Civilization Trivializes Western Culture. The Essence Of Western Civilization Is The Magna Carta, Not The Magna Mac. The Fact That Non-westerners May Bite Into The Latter Has No Implications For Their Accepting The Former.

Well, I Think The United States First Of All Has To Recognize The World For What It Is.

Certainly Here In The U.s., We've Had Fundamentalist Movements That Have Taken Very Critical And Hostile Attitudes Toward Immigration And The Assimilation Of Immigrants Into Our Society And Culture. So These Tendencies Are Fairly Universal. The Problem Is What If They Get Out Of Hand And Become The Dominant Factor In A Society, Which Can Only Lead To The Oppression Of Minorities Or Even To War With Neighboring Societies With Differing Cultures. That's Why It Seems To Me It's Important To Try To Keep These Tendencies Toward Extremism Under Control.