I hate quoting, as it makes some readers simply skim over what was written, so ill directly comment on Kuresu's last post, and the comumn in general.
Well now... the first part in th OP says maaaany things. Among those things that are written, you say what you hope to acheive. This is admirable, as if one has no goal, they have no solution; case in point, politicians are flawed and the nation in debt. But at this point you stop. At this point this column becomes idealistic, and no longer a battle plan. You have not listed HOW these politicians will be specially selected to root out the bad ones. You have not described how you will take a behometh of the largest centralized government in the Western World and make it shrink. You have touched on it, but your plan does not provide for every problem, it only deals with what we generally want to do.
Was it Montesquieu? Spencer? "To hold the beast at bay you must pit it against itself" Im not sure who wrote it anymore, or if thats the exact quote even, but that was the general idea behind our trifecta of checks and balances, and it works rather well in the grand scheme of things.
As to the second post, there are some historical problems. you say that America came out of the second world war on top, and thats generally true. But im forced to argue when you say that this power was latent before that. When the Great Depression set in, our economy crashed, and we recovered at the begining of the second world war. Herein lies a problem: how could there have been a second world war if everyone(including the germans) were economically defunct? Hmm...
You say that the US is no longer the leading military force. According to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, we currently have 10000 functional nuclear weapons, and have produced 60000 in the years since the end of the second world war. The closest leader is Russia, with 5000 functional. Id definatly say we're still a big player.
You also vouch for global unity. Who is the driving force in all UN movements? the UN decided to move into IRAQ, we led the way. the UN is still keeping the peace in the korean DMZ, who has most if not all of the soldiers still serving there? Id say we're a player in the global community too, if even a little too much. We've been going on a lot of vacations in the middle east in the past decade or so....
I dont mean to disprove or prove your point(s), but some of the things you say are either not clear or the line of logic is lost. Perhaps a clearer outline-ish form where all of the goals are stated and how to acheive them? Otherwise, its a good plan/party(?). Its time to start making some changes. WWGD- What Would G.Washington Do?
-I believe in God, I just call it Nature
-One man with an imaginary friend is insane. a Million men with an imaginary friend is a religion.
-People must often be reminded that the bible did not arrive as a fax from heaven; it was written by men.
-Religion is the opiate of the masses
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