How Western Social and Moral Life Has Been Radically Altered

The transition from the 'Four Fs' to the 'Four Gs'

A sign reads "I'm with her" as people participate in the annual Women's March on Jan. 18, 2020 in New York City. Yana Paskova/Getty Images

Commentary

Countries that undergo a peaceful regime change from free and open to closed and less free, usually do so by accepting the gradual substitution of one set of values for another. They abandon what I call the Four Fs and begin accepting the Four Gs as their new belief system.