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I think Western-style liberal market capitalism is a lot more compelling than Western defeatists believe. https://www.nsfwcorp.com/dispatch/jihad-hyperpanda/ h
by ForHackernews 9y ago
I think Western-style liberal market capitalism is a lot more compelling than Western defeatists believe.
https://www.nsfwcorp.com/dispatch/jihad-hyperpanda/ https://www.nsfwcorp.com/dispatch/jihad-hyperpanda/
> The truth about the clash of civilizations you hear people discussing is that it’s all the other way: The Mall is invading Islam, the Mall is taking over. There isn't any Sharia Law in North Carolina, but there damn well are US-style malls in even the most conservative Islamic countries.
> In Najran, in the most remote corner of Saudi Arabia, a state so afraid of Western contamination that it doesn’t even issue tourist visas, there is a mall. And, when I lived there, you could watch —literally watch—the conflict between Sharia Law and Mall culture, five times a day.