The New Leviathan and the Decline of Liberalism: John Gray's Diagnosis

This text provides an in-depth analysis of John Gray's thought, focusing on his diagnosis of the decline of the liberal world order. The author examines the disintegration of the four pillars of liberalism: individualism, egalitarianism, universalism, and the belief in progress. The article discusses in detail the concept of the 'New Leviathan,' which manifests itself in the surveillance systems of Russia and China, but also in Western woke ideology, interpreted as a secular parody of Christianity. The analysis encompasses the phenomenon of a new feudalism based on data monetization and the role of surplus elites in creating soul engineering. The whole culminates in the postulate of building a modest Hobbesian state in Poland, one capable of protecting citizens from contemporary forms of oppression and neurotic inclusivity, offering real security instead of utopian promises.