Western vision worthy if we can live up to it
Adm. James Stavridis, in his April 17 Perspective cover commentary on America winning the information war with Russia, states: “We must sell the idea that the Western vision of democracy, liberty, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and gender and racial equality are inherently and obviously the only worldview that matters.”
We’d have a lot more credibility selling those values if our nation and our politics actually worked to live up to them: civil and voting rights, bodily autonomy, education by teachers instead of politicians, fair wages and health care, and a livable planet.
Judy Walton
Hixson