Jiang links Locke, Hume, and Bentham to a civilizational philosophy of property, weakened truth, and utilitarian pleasure that later becomes Western values.
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Western Values
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"It could fight a war against someone like Napoleon and keep on fighting until Napoleon was finally defeated. So it took six, seven wars,..."
"with John Locke and the certification of private property as the highest good as something that is God -given private property right then you..."
"...themselves of their burqa and now they're free and they're embodying Western values. So do you see a new push in this propaganda?"
"And that the modern Western values that we see, a lot of people are becoming disillusioned with. A lot of people are not happy..."
"...Russian people, maybe they would prefer the West, the comfort, the Western values. And maybe some negative Western values, for example, individualism and so..."
"...all. The Europeans are between Western civilization and the European Emirates. western values uh they're embracing dei they're embracing woke values um and uh..."
"...was educated in the West. And I have a lot of Western values. So I always believe like the individual, individuality. I mean, it's..."
"...didn't believe in self -sacrifice for the nation. They thought that Western values, the Western lifestyle was much better. Okay? So they gave up...."
"...enforce its war and power over people. So for example, these Western values of individualism, of liberalism, of free market, they are not consistent..."
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