Western Civilisation

George Galloway “And I hope the demise of so-called Western civilization. That’s the Western civilisation which brought us the Inquisition which brought us slavery and colonialism that burned women at the stake as witches. That’s the Western civilisation of which Mr. Gandhi famously opined when asked what he thought of Western civilisation, Mr. Gandhi answered, “Yes, that would be a good idea.” The western civilisation that brought us World War I when cousins of the same royal line led their people into the slaughter of millions for no purpose at all except a bigger share of the colonist. That’s the Western civilisation which when it had to spawned fascism itself. That’s the Western civilisation that beggared half the world and beggared half the people in their own world. None of the working class there benefited from this domination of the western civilisation. If that civilisation, if this is democracy, if this is freedom of speech, Sir Keir Starmer, you can keep it. But the truth is, Western civilisation is sliding under. The ice has broken. It’s slipping away. It’s slipping away everywhere. “