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A critical term referring to an informal, often unacknowledged logical framework that operates in parallel with Western formal logic, specifically tailored to justify and rationalize Western political actions, foreign policy, economic hegemony, and cultural dominance. Unlike formal logic (which demands internal consistency and universal application), Western Political Logic is context‑dependent, selectively applied, and frequently contradictory—yet it presents itself as universal common sense. It underpins Westsplaining (explaining non‑Western cultures through a Western lens), apologias for imperialism and colonialism, the defense of liberal democracy as the “end of history,” and the framing of any alternative as irrational or authoritarian. Its rules are unwritten but predictable: Western violations of international law are “necessary interventions”; non‑Western violations are “proof of barbarism.” Western economic exploitation becomes “free trade”; non‑Western self‑defense becomes “aggression.” Western Political Logic allows its users to claim moral superiority while committing the very acts they condemn in others, without experiencing cognitive dissonance—because the logic itself is built to exempt the West from its own stated principles.

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