In between the joke answers here that are nonetheless very accurate, it’s international white hegemony as mediated through a specific set of property rights.
If an aristocrat in, like, England loses property overseas due to a revolution, they can claim compensation and that compensation can be inherited. If an aristocrat in Vietnam loses property, the only way they can be compensated is by hitching their wagon to “The West”, and their claims are not taken seriously if the way they lose property is by opposing “The West”.
This isn’t even private property as a universal, just private property as interpreted by a pedigree of white property (and particularly, the white ruling class. While being white and working class does have its privileges, my god will The West not give a shit about your property damages or your life if you oppose “Western Values”)
If you do not value this, you do not value “Western Values.”
In between the joke answers here that are nonetheless very accurate, it’s international white hegemony as mediated through a specific set of property rights.
If an aristocrat in, like, England loses property overseas due to a revolution, they can claim compensation and that compensation can be inherited. If an aristocrat in Vietnam loses property, the only way they can be compensated is by hitching their wagon to “The West”, and their claims are not taken seriously if the way they lose property is by opposing “The West”.
This isn’t even private property as a universal, just private property as interpreted by a pedigree of white property (and particularly, the white ruling class. While being white and working class does have its privileges, my god will The West not give a shit about your property damages or your life if you oppose “Western Values”)
If you do not value this, you do not value “Western Values.”
(partially formed essay pitch)
GOOD comment