you're going to have to elaborate on this line: "The west suffers from a paradoxical aversion to markets and technology." enlighten us to the paradox because this is not one i'm aware of or understanding from your post, plus this charge of being adverse to markets and technology is the critique place upon modern Islam.

also you didn't answer the diagnostic question of if you believe we are not in a mechanized, degenerative timeline or not. i'm inclined to think your silence means you disagree but please clarify so i'm not jumping to conclusions about you posistion. either way, we need to settle the diagnositic question before the critique can be evaluated.