The uncomfortable fact about liberal democracies

The focus on spreading liberal values, and liberal democracy, throughout the world often accompanies a self-serving economic and political agenda. The West does not have a right to shape the world as it sees fit, certainly not to do so by force.

The efforts of liberal democracies to force their beliefs on the rest of the world benefit from convenient historical amnesia, like Canada's history of forcing Indigenous children to residential schools—where thousands died. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pictured here during Families of Sisters in Spirit Vigil on Oct. 4, 2017. The Hill Times Photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SHAUN NARINE

May 16, 2022

Western media coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine has made it easy to overlook an uncomfortable fact: since the end of the Cold War, the Western world—led by the United States—has been, by far, the greatest source of international violence. Nearly

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