I don't really have the perfect word here to describe this post, but it's essentially the intersection of projection/posturing and arm-chair analysis. Not inten

I don't really have the perfect word here to describe this post, but it's essentially the intersection of projection/posturing and arm-chair analysis. Not intended to be mean/personal, just an observation. I get a sense rsj_hn is America due to how they vaguely point to "old morality", liberalism has its root in the Age of Enlightenment, which ironically enough was a reaction to the very stale and constricting status quo of an aristocratic elite whose rules was excused and exceptionalism compared to the common man/woman (i.e. it's okay for aristocrats to have a massive amount of wealth/decadence but not for anyone else). Christianity was very "disruptive" in the west, since the original intention more or less from the roman's perspective was to have an institution closely affiliated with the elite/those in power to "control" the population, i.e. the catholic church. Since before Europe was very much into their reformed-tribal polytheism (Asatru, Hellenism, etc.). The ironic twist to blaming liberalism is that Christians themselves reacted negatively to this forced imposition, i.e. the protestant reformation, which was a reaction from the kings/queens that the pope should have no saying in how a king/queen should rule or start a war. Hell your idea itself seems more compatible with the old tribal religions (pre-reformed tribal Greece had some very strict religious laws & for example believed that ancestors were tied to the land they settled on and thus you were not allowed to sell your land). Lastly, liberalism itself has a foundation but it isn't "bundled" with decadence or with anything beyond its ethics and ideals, just like any other ideology. Since otherwise please explain your logic over why then there is: - Social liberalism - Conservative liberalism - Neoliberalism - Classical liberalism - National liberalism - Country-specific liberalism (think Japan's Liberal Democratic Party or Constitution Democratic Party) China's fight against "decadence" has more to with certain "ideals" Xi Jinping believes in (if you read his letter you'll notice he's quite nostalgic/hard believer in worker-oriented socialism instead of a more western interpretation of socialism) & pushing back against anything that isn't "home-grown", which is something Xi Jinping also is a very big supporter of (CCP does these patriotic displays of showing how patriotic/good it is to only buy national products only).