Source: Students For Liberty
by Paul Meany
“There is no such thing as an autonomous civilization. In The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community, historian W.H. McNeill wrote, ‘The principal factor promoting historically significant social change is contact with strangers possessing new and unfamiliar skills.’ When we think only about the history of nations, we cut ourselves off from the history of ideas that transcend boundaries and borders. Liberalism may have initially manifested in the West due to unique circumstances, but the inspiration for liberalism and its core principles is not the monopoly of one nation or even any single collection of nations. One seemingly forgotten legacy is that of China, specifically how China helped give intellectual legitimacy to early European liberals in the 18th century who argued for free market reforms.” (10/31/24)
https://studentsforliberty.org/blog/lessons-from-daoism-on-laissez-faire/