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BHL seems to suffer from some severe contradictions in his thinking.

He states, “The natural inclination of humans and their societies is egotism: Every man for himself. That certainly was true for most of the 19th and 20th centuries. But there are exceptional moments. They’re rare, but they come along. And the last 30 years of the 20th century were the longest and most intense of these exceptional moments.” What?? The people of the early and mid 20th century fought not one but two world wars to defeat tyranny, not to mention several others along the way. Where was the “egotism” in that, the “every man for himself” attitude? Nonsense.

He advocates for open borders, and doesn’t appear to understand why citizens are not for that. Is he suffering from cognitive dissonance. Because with open borders today comes Islam and it’s spread. Is he for that?

Also he defends Derrida and Foucoult, as if their ideas have had nothing to do with the post modernist rot we see in society today. You may say everyone missed the point of these two, as if you alone understand what they were trying to advocate, but you cannot deny their ideas have been handily turned into ideologies for the Left. The same Left that is now deriding Jews and touting moral relativism. And for that Derrida and Foucoult are indeed culpable.

I’m not impressed with BHL’s philosophy, it’s well intentioned no doubt. But too often that comes with disastrous unintended consequences.

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Charles Gonzalez's avatar

Levy has been consistent in his beliefs for decades; he has intrigued and annoyed me for as long. This interview shows him at his most erudite and truthful about the world he sees from the vantage point of his 40 years in service to the process of thinking and doing. “Liberal interventionist” who even knows that those two words could describe one person. Bottom line, he like very few others, understands the utter necessity of America. American goodness, American might and American selflessness..that he has witnessed over the years. Someone like him would not be able to exist in this nation, so along with cheese, baguettes and fine wine, I’ll add Mr Levy.

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