Why the West Is Giving Up on Individual Rights

05/05/2024 Finn Andreen

Individual rights originated in Western thinking. Today, it is the West that produces the ruling class that disdains individual rights and replaces them with collectivism.

Original Article: Why the West Is Giving Up on Individual Rights

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