How an Elite Learned to Lie to Itself in the Name of Morality

There are climate deniers.
There are COVID deniers.
And then there is the most sophisticated species of all: moral reality deniers.

These are not people who reject facts outright. That would be crude.
They do something far more elegant: they reframe them.
They don’t say, “This isn’t happening.”
They say, “This isn’t what you think it is.”
And if you insist otherwise, the problem isn’t reality – it’s you.

Welcome to the modern West, where truth is no longer measured by evidence, but by intentions.

Moral Superiority as a Substitute for Thinking

Western elites have perfected a system:
once you feel morally righteous, you are relieved of the burden of verification.

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Tick the boxes –
anti-racist ✔️
pro-diversity ✔️
anti-Islamophobia ✔️

-and you are free to ignore anything that complicates the narrative.

This is not ignorance.
It is weaponized innocence.

Because knowing too much is dangerous.
It demands responsibility.
And it might lead to conclusions that are – heaven forbid – uncomfortable.

How to Lie to Yourself Without Guilt

The genius of Western denial is that it doesn’t lie to others –
it lies inward.

When ideological violence appears, it’s “an isolated incident.”
When it repeats, it’s “a reaction to marginalization.”
When there are texts, sermons, recordings –
they are “taken out of context.”

And when the evidence becomes overwhelming,
the final maneuver is deployed: accuse the messenger of “generalization.”

Thus, nothing is ever connected.
Patterns do not exist.
And responsibility always belongs elsewhere.

Usually to “the West itself.”

The Elite Bubble: Detached, Comfortable, and Certain

Western elites do not live in the neighborhoods they defend.
They do not send their children to the schools they justify.
They do not rely on the public systems they praise.

They live in sanitized districts,
study in institutions that echo their views,
and consume media that reassures their conscience.

From there, they lecture.

About tolerance.
About inclusion.
About how you simply don’t understand.

Israel: The Inconvenient Exception

Israel ruins the story.

Because it refuses to participate in denial.

It lives in a reality where ideologies are judged by outcomes, not intentions.
Where rhetoric is measured against action, not hashtags.
Where words are taken seriously – because they often are.

And that makes Israel a problem.

Not because it is flawless –
but because it refuses to lie to itself.

Why the Denial Must Continue

Because admitting error would require changing policy.
Changing policy would require paying a price.

And the modern West does not do prices.
It does statements.

It is easier to tweet about peace
than to defend it.
More comfortable to speak of values
than to protect them.

So denial persists –
wrapped in the language of compassion.

Morality Without Truth Is Propaganda

Once morality detaches from reality,
it ceases to be morality.
It becomes a performance.

A fashionable accessory –
warm, reassuring, and perfectly positioned to cover whatever we prefer not to see.

But reality, as always, is unimpressed.

It knocks.
Then it breaks in.

The only remaining question is not if the illusion will collapse –
but how loudly.

A Brief Epilogue, Before the Lights Go Out

The West is not stupid.
It simply chose to believe itself.

And that, in the end,
is the most dangerous lie of all.

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