John Gray on Liberal Interventionism

"By intervening in societies of which they know nothing, western elites are advancing a future they believe is prefigured in themselves -- a new world based on freedom, democracy and human rights. The results are clear -- failed states, zones of anarchy and new and worse tyrannies; but in order that they may see themselves as world-changing figures, our leaders have chosen not to see what they have done." -- The Soul of the Marionette, pp. 89-90

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  1. It is interesting how the failure of rationalism in politics manages to eek itself out in a variety of insightful sources. This seems, at least to me, to count as evidence in favor of abandoning this theory.

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    1. Gray studied Oakeshott extensively, so he is not an independent source, but he is a smart guy, and sees the problem.

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