Ernst Roets

That is a very good question, and I think it deserves a long answer, and I might not have the full answer. Because I think it ties in with a lot of the problems that the West has in terms of this deep-rooted sense of guilt that Westerners have about their own history, about their own past.

That is a very good question, and I think it deserves a long answer, and I might not have the full answer. Because I think it ties in with a lot of the problems that the West has in terms of this deep-rooted sense of guilt that Westerners have about their own history, about their own past.

And this oikophobic, I think that's Roger Scruton's term, of sort of hating your own and having a deep sense of remorse for your own history and feeling sorry for that. I think it's rooted in that. It's this down-with-us mentality that we are the bad guys and we need to feel sorry for ourselves.

And this oikophobic, I think that's Roger Scruton's term, of sort of hating your own and having a deep sense of remorse for your own history and feeling sorry for that. I think it's rooted in that. It's this down-with-us mentality that we are the bad guys and we need to feel sorry for ourselves.

And this oikophobic, I think that's Roger Scruton's term, of sort of hating your own and having a deep sense of remorse for your own history and feeling sorry for that. I think it's rooted in that. It's this down-with-us mentality that we are the bad guys and we need to feel sorry for ourselves.

To be honest, I haven't seen that. What I can say is Prince Mangusutu Butelezi, who was a very well-known Zulu politician, anti-apartheid activist, he once apologized to the Afrikaner people for the massacre of Petretif that I mentioned earlier.

To be honest, I haven't seen that. What I can say is Prince Mangusutu Butelezi, who was a very well-known Zulu politician, anti-apartheid activist, he once apologized to the Afrikaner people for the massacre of Petretif that I mentioned earlier.

To be honest, I haven't seen that. What I can say is Prince Mangusutu Butelezi, who was a very well-known Zulu politician, anti-apartheid activist, he once apologized to the Afrikaner people for the massacre of Petretif that I mentioned earlier.

I think it's oversimplified, but I think enlightenment philosophy has played some role.

I think it's oversimplified, but I think enlightenment philosophy has played some role.

I think it's oversimplified, but I think enlightenment philosophy has played some role.

So why I say enlightenment philosophy played a role, I mean, there are many examples. We mentioned Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Voltaire, for example, if you read his works, he places a lot of emphasis on as many modern philosophers do, sort of detachment from the community.

So why I say enlightenment philosophy played a role, I mean, there are many examples. We mentioned Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Voltaire, for example, if you read his works, he places a lot of emphasis on as many modern philosophers do, sort of detachment from the community.

So why I say enlightenment philosophy played a role, I mean, there are many examples. We mentioned Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Voltaire, for example, if you read his works, he places a lot of emphasis on as many modern philosophers do, sort of detachment from the community.

We have to cultivate your garden, which is a good thing, but the Voltairean view of cultivating your garden is, you know, don't look at what's happening in the world out there, just focus on your garden at your home, something like that. But Voltaire also writes a lot about how other, you could say, civilizations are actually better than the West. He writes a lot about the East, about

We have to cultivate your garden, which is a good thing, but the Voltairean view of cultivating your garden is, you know, don't look at what's happening in the world out there, just focus on your garden at your home, something like that. But Voltaire also writes a lot about how other, you could say, civilizations are actually better than the West. He writes a lot about the East, about

We have to cultivate your garden, which is a good thing, but the Voltairean view of cultivating your garden is, you know, don't look at what's happening in the world out there, just focus on your garden at your home, something like that. But Voltaire also writes a lot about how other, you could say, civilizations are actually better than the West. He writes a lot about the East, about

That's your frame of reference.

That's your frame of reference.

That's your frame of reference.