The middle east considers itself the best. China consides itself the best. I have no problem with the west considering itself the best.
And, tbh, democracy, freedom of speech, and gender equality are pretty great values to endorse.
Yep that's exactly the terms that come to mind when I hear palantir, some people truly live in a parallel universe
But none of those are "innately" Western. Most of the current West do not have free speech. Western civilization ( going back to socrates ) has been against democracy. Not to mention western civilization has been against gender equality.
The values you listed are actually innately anti-western values counter to 3000 years of western tradition.
If you argued for latin, greek language, history, civilization,culture ( something actually innately western ), then I'd agree.
I agree, but almost by definition, values are anything but "innate", as they can and do drift both within a culture and between cultures.