Why revolutions are often doomed to fail

June is Pride month. The month par excellence in which a self-respecting Western country shows how tolerant it is regarding sexual diversity. The LGBT parades tumble over each other. Companies that like to go along with the waves of the modern spirit paint their logos temporarily in the colours of the rainbow.

“A clash with neo-Nazism is inevitable”, the Russian President said about Ukraine during his speech in May. That statement of Putin reminds us of an old book: “The Clash of Civilisations and the Remaking of the World Order”.