Since freedom of religion and equality before law have been called “Western” ideas in Sadanand’s piece (even though just ~75 years ago millions of Jews and others were killed in Germany FOR being Jews etc; Germany is as West as it gets)
@EdwardGLuce gives a “shabash!” to
@dhume
@EdwardGLuce gives a “shabash!” to
@dhume
https://twitter.com/EdwardGLuce/status/1453858797311647758
If the West means a particular civilisation - historically centred in Europe and including its offshoots of settler colonies, and having clear racial-religious characteristics though growing beyond it, then Germany has to be the West. If modern means time, 75 years ago is modern.
If on the other hand, what you are really trying to describe are what you think are universal “better” values you should not link it to just one civilisation though semantics retain path-dependence. After all, Fascism Marxism are also “modern Western” values based on origin/time.
Haha, Ed “In spite of the Gods” Luce couldn’t take his favourite “Western liberalism” being questioned and has blocked me. No “shabash!” for me, alas :) 
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