Doug Casey on the 12 principles that created Western civilization

I think there are at least 12 characteristics that are underpinned the West.  They are free thought, free speech, free markets, property rights, limited government, individualism, rationality, personal liberty, the concept of progress, privacy, the rule of law, and entrepreneurialism. 

Humans everywhere understand their value and adhere to them sporadically, of course; without them civilization is impossible.  But only the West made them integral to itself, as principles.  They’re what made us unique.

~ Doug Casey, "Doug Casey on the Rise of China… And What it Means for the World," International Man, January 21, 2022