Piecing Together The Boomer World Order (The 60s Revolution)
The Boomer World Order is
a term I use as a stand-in to describe a certain moral vision of the world
which primarily gained prominence during the 1960s and beyond. While I know the
origins of the events of the 1960s stretch back long before the 1960s, the
Enlightenment, The Protestant Reformation, etc., The Boomer World Order is a
phenomenon in of itself and is being described as such in this article.
1. Egalitarianism:
Egalitarianism is the
belief in the equality of all people. This belief system is perhaps one of the
central pillars of the moral framework which arose during and after the 1960s.
2. Liberal Imperialism:
Liberal Imperialism can
be summarized as the idea that Liberal society has an obligation to spread
liberal ideas and enlighten the rest of the world. The United States government
and global institutions are some of the primary vectors by which Liberal values
are forced onto other countries. These are often times the values which arose
during the 1960s, such as feminism, racial equality, etc. What should be noted
about Liberal Imperialism is the way in which it indirectly highlights a
fundamental failure in democracy, which is that true democratic rule
necessarily reflects the domestic sensibilities of any given voting populous.
Given that Liberalism is mostly an obscure belief system which is primarily
relegated to Western countries, external force such as sanctions, embargo's,
and wars are needed to force domestic populations to adopt Liberal values. This
same phenomenon can be seen in Western countries themselves, wherein
corporations will actively boycott businesses and people to fail to adopt the
liberal values shared by a given Western countries ruling elite. Liberal
Imperialism is fundamentally undemocratic and is a top-down phenomenon. It
constantly battles the natural inclinations of domestic populations and can often
times create externalities.
3. Secular Blasphemy
Laws:
Secular Blasphemy Laws
are social taboos which have arisen from the zeitgeist of the 1960s; taboos
against racism, sexism, etc. These secular blasphemy laws have filled in the
void left behind after religious blasphemy laws were forced out of the
mainstream of an increasingly secular society. These secular blasphemy laws are
the underpinnings of what has effectively become a secular religion.
4. Moral Relativism:
Moral Relativism is
something not even the believers in the 1960s revolution believes in. The
primary use moral relativism is to break down the traditional morality of given
populations and to create an environment which is conducive to support
Liberalism.
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