The elite don't mistake the value in "western values" for something valuable in itself. They are mantras created to be chanted by the masses to overcome the cognitive dissonance of living with tendency of the rate of profit to fall which requires more and more abstractive behavior to overcome. Now that they have other opiates, they are publicly dispensing with the pretense. Away with the smoke from the thurible, Away with murmured confessors ignorant of their real crimes, Away with a congregation ready to do battle for the one true faith; machines are better followers. It is only old habit that keeps the chanting going while they have us lubricate the chute to the pits.
The elite don't mistake the value in "western values" for something valuable in itself. They are mantras created to be chanted by the masses to overcome the cognitive dissonance of living with tendency of the rate of profit to fall which requires more and more abstractive behavior to overcome. Now that they have other opiates, they are publicly dispensing with the pretense. Away with the smoke from the thurible, Away with murmured confessors ignorant of their real crimes, Away with a congregation ready to do battle for the one true faith; machines are better followers. It is only old habit that keeps the chanting going while they have us lubricate the chute to the pits.