, 5he commentator in the uk responding to your book, jenni ru55ell, she says every civili5ation has believeds, from the greeks, the romans, the mongols, the ming dynasty, it couldn't recognise the threats to it before it is too late and your blind spot is believing the appeal of liberal democracies and the light and values that underpin them are so powerful that they need only to be spelt out to be accepted. -- in lightand. spelt out to be accepted. -- in light and. no. i would spelt out to be accepted. -- in light and. no. iwould identify spelt out to be accepted. -- in light and. no. i would identify the blind spot among people who confuse the existence of progress with some forced inevitability or indestructibility a5h enlightenment. people are so unused to even conceiving of progress that they can't distinguish a factual claim like things are better than they we re like things are better than they were several decades ago, or several centuries ago, with these mystical notions of vulnerability or inexorable march is. they're not the 5ame inexorable march is. they're not the same thing. yo