What I don't understand is this binary, black/white view of the oppressed Vs oppressor, where the powerful are always wrong. Classical civilization is amazing for its achievements in a world that was filled with oppression, rape, cruelty, horror, etc. It did not invent these things. It showed a way out.
This freedom, initially for the few, has grown measurably to encompass nearly the entire globe. Never before in all of history has there been such real support for the plight of the underprivileged. Far from being in opposition to classical civilization, it is the extension of its ideas, to create a more beautiful and harmonious world. Beauty is not unity or totalitarian, but, in a classical sense, diversity in unity.
This freedom, initially for the few, has grown measurably to encompass nearly the entire globe. Never before in all of history has there been such real support for the plight of the underprivileged. Far from being in opposition to classical civilization, it is the extension of its ideas, to create a more beautiful and harmonious world. Beauty is not unity or totalitarian, but, in a classical sense, diversity in unity.