What distinguishes Western conquest is imposing its worldview, not conquering itself

Evidence

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 140 (#complicates, via linked claim)

The philosopher Enrique Dussel has argued that the ego conquiro was the condition of possibility for Descartes ego cogito, that “I conquer, therefore I am” became the foundation of “I think, therefore I am,” a modus vivendi that characterizes a subject who perceives himself as the center of the world because he has already conquered the world. This foundation is mediated, Dussel tells us, through the ego extermino: “I exterminate, therefore I am.” — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 170 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Western distinctiveness is acknowledging its sins, not committing them.; Western dominance rested on organized violence, not superior ideas; The West conquered the world through superior organized violence, not ideas — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 140 (+11 more)

Broader Connections

• The West conquered the world through superior organized violence, not ideas #complicates (0.82) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 140
• The modern Western cogito rests on conquest and extermination as its precondition #complicates (0.75) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 170