“In emblematic fashion, America stands as a protector of the global system of market capitalism and constitutional government, and of the often reckless modernist culture that threatens so much of tribal and indigenous custom and protocols. That we are therefore often to be hated by the authoritarian, the statist, and the tribalist – and periodically to be challenged by those who want to diminish our power, riches, or influence – is regrettable but nevertheless conceded.”
