In this discussion with José Alberto Niño on El Niño Speaks, I discuss whether the West is beginning to resemble the Third World in its politics, culture, and institutional behavior.

The conversation examines India, Third World politics, wokeism, institutional decay, and the social maladies now spreading through the West. The deeper issue is not merely bad policy, but the erosion of the moral and cultural foundations that once made Western institutions function.

Listen to the full discussion at José Niño Unfiltered →

Key Takeaways

• Why parts of the West increasingly resemble the Third World in institutional behavior
• How wokeism reflects moral and cultural decay rather than genuine compassion or justice
• What India and the Third World reveal about life without strong civic morality
• Why institutions fail when the cultural substrate beneath them weakens
• The danger of the West losing the habits, restraints, and standards that made it civilized