Anti-American anger reflects real disruption caused by Western domination

Evidence

The instinct of the masses is not false in locating the ultimate source of these cataclysmic changes in the West and in attributing the disruption of their old way of life to the impact of Western domination, Western influence, or Western precept and example. And since the United States is the legitimate heir of Eu­ ropean civilization and the recognized and unchallenged leader of the West, the United States has inherited the resulting grievances and become the focus for the pent-up hate and anger. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1585

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘US as heir of Europe’ substitution logic connects directly to Orientalism’s analysis of how the US assumed Europe’s orientalism.
• DEFINE: The passage performs the rhetorical move of conceding real grievance while channeling it all toward the US as surrogate.