I have not only been talking about values, but also of aspects of cultural influence. Rule of law is certainly based on a set of values, for instance that all is equal to the law. There are also values in the Enlightenment, free speech for instance.
"All is equal to the law" as a value can be found in the bible or ancient China, neither of which are Anglo-Saxon.
Rule of law in its modern form is a UK invention.
Yes, because the UK spread its current incarnation (by force) across the world. Chicken and egg. You're also aware the UK's modern form wasn't invented in a vacuum? The British were building upon a Christian interpretation of Mosaic law, which was influenced by the Babylonian code of Hammurabi, etc.
The industrial revolution is extremely tied to Britain. It started in Britain and many of the inventions were made in Britain.
Correct, but your mistaken if you think the British spread it and helped other countries by doing so. Industrialization on a mass scale in the former colonies only started after the British fecked off. Meaning the British had the aim of stopping any independent industrialization efforts. You want to take a guess as to why?
This point has been made in relation to India numerous times. If your point is the British helped spread industrialization by inventing it, the British would need to do a lot more thanking than the other way around.
Liberalism was founded by John Locke and its economics nailed down by Adam Smith.
Do I really have to explain how the population being sliced in half in some of the protectorates is a good indication liberalism wasn't being promoted?
Modern capitalism, which you've cited as being part of the "anglo-saxon cultural influence" first appeared in it's modern form in the Italian city states. Even the full fledged version of capitalism you might be referring to originated in the Netherlands. Not exactly "anglo-saxon".
Have you ever asked yourself why Britain got the status it had in the world in the 19th century after the fall of Napoleon? Did it just happen by chance?
Funny that you mentioned Napoleon. France had a much more prominent role in the spread of the ideas of the enlightenment.
Jordan Peterson is defintely not a right wing guy. He is just not a part of the modern lunacy left nor the marxist. But he is definitely way to left to be considered a right wing guy. He detests several of the right wing movements (and rightly so, I might add) such as the alt-right, neo nazis etc.. He is certainly not a libertarian either.
You say he's "way to left", but he's labeled himself a traditionalist and a classic liberal. The first one is deeply (Christian) conservative, while the latter is a 19th century ideology, which kind of implies he doesn't accept all the social and political advancements to more mainstream liberalism that have taking place since then. Things like universal suffrage and the expansion of civil rights. Classical liberal is a good way to duck the question on your politics. It has no meaning in a 21st century context.
If you think Manchester is a shithole to live in right now I can recommend you move to Afghanistan, Honduras, Haiti, Democratic Republic of the Kongo, Central African Republic, Mali, North Korea etc. for a little while to see what poverty really is.
Funny you named a lot of countries that had the honour of having their culture influenced by the Anglo-Saxons.
