The best antidote to the politics of Trump or Le Pen is a course in Western Civ.
The article was concluded by “We’ve since raised generations to believe none of this (values of west civilization), only to be shocked by the rise of anti-Western politics.” In this article, the rise of anti-Western politics refers to Trump, Le Pen(the president of the National Front, a far right political party) and Lavrov(currently the Foreign Minister of Russia). I believe, all those who are nationalists and prefer anti-globalization may belong to those anti-Western civilizations. The world today is different from what it is twenty or even ten years ago. Many western countries are losing power and at least we may say they are no longer powerful as they used to be. There are some kinds of shifting balance of power. Some western countries want to take shrinking foreign policy while the emerging power may become more aggressive. Multi-polar world is not ready yet. But how can we reach to that with such kind of anti-gloealiztion trend?
The article came from:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/do-we-still-want-the-west-1487635725