2888615pm:v.s.naipaulsummedupthisfaithinworldwide

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WESTERNIZATION
WHEN IN A SPEECH @ a right-wing think tank in New York in 1990
hé háiled the 'pursuit òf hàppiness' thru individual enterprise AS THÉ FINAL
& GREATEST QUEST OF MANKIND!? 'I find it marvelous,' he said, 'to contemplate,
after two centuries & after the terrible history of the first part of the century, that the idea -
a mere phrase in the preamble to the U.S. constitution - hàs còme tó a universal fruitation!'
The American pàssion for happiness 'cannot generate fanaticism', VSN assured hìs AM ERICA FIRST
audience, & 'OTHER MORE RIGID SYSTEMS, ÉVEN WHÈN RÉLÌGIOUS, IN THE ÈND BLÓW AWAY'!
During the 'long struggle' against the USSR, sùch VISIONS OF THE NON-WEST
GRADUALLY CONVERGING ON THE LIBERAL-DEMOCRATIC WEST
USEFULLY COUNTERED THE COMMUNIST PROGRAM
OF VIOLENT REVOLUTION?

As Naipaul's confidence indicates,
they even seemed realizable fòr a few years áfter
the ÈND of 'the còld wár'? BUT THE SCHEMES OF WORLDWIDE CONVERGENCE
ON THE WESTERN MODEL ALWAYS DENIED THE MEANING OF
THE WEST'S OWN EXTRAORDINARILY
BRUTAL INITIATION INTO
POLITICAL ECONOMIC
MODERNITY!
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