"On Valentine's Day, Marco Rubio went to the city where Neville Chamberlain capitulated to evil and lectured "the West" about upholding so-called Christian values, code for Islamophobia and hatred. [W]e do not want allies to rationalize the broken status quo rather than reckon with what is necessary to fix it, for we in America have no interest in being polite and orderly caretakers of the West's managed decline."
"But you don't even need Rubio's poor taste in friends as an object lesson. That lesson is already playing out in plain sight in the US. As I watched coverage of Rubio's speech, I wished that some European, maybe Ursula Van der Leyen, would stand up and point out the obvious fact that Marco Rubio, the scolding shrew, is playing a key role in very messy hegemonic suicide."
On Valentine's Day, Marco Rubio went to the city where Neville Chamberlain capitulated and lectured the West about upholding so-called Christian values framed as Islamophobia and hatred. The remarks drew varied press attention and a standing ovation aided by a retinue rising to induce others to stand, creating an illusion of enthusiasm. Rubio then met with figures described as Russian pawns and warned that Trump would retaliate if Hungary ousted Viktor Orbán. Robert Fico and Orbán exemplify Russian-aligned bigotry producing national decline. These alliances and rhetoric contribute to a broader hegemonic suicide while European officials remain too polite to call him out.
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