i think this is very important relative to the global realignment that is going on…

There exists an international subculture composed of people with Western-type higher education … that is indeed secularized beyond measure. This subculture is the principal ‘carrier’ of progressive, Enlightenment beliefs and values. While its members are relatively thin on the ground, they are very influential, as they control the institutions that provide the ‘official’ definitions of reality, notably the educational system, the media of mass communication, and the higher reaches of the legal system … (Iain McGilchrist, The Matter With Things)