He does an interesting dance. That's why I posted it. The bit about Islam was nothing new.

There is this part that nags at me: What is it about Christianity in particular that secular western moral principals arose there and not elsewhere. Chinese moral principals (I'm thinking especially of Confucianism) produce a very stable state. Perhaps stagnant? The statism of Confucianism fits the socialist agenda like a glove, in comparison to the uncomfortable relationship between Christianity and western statism.