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Originally Posted by ontheroad
There's the key for me, Topper, now all I need is the lock!
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You know the whole neoconservative gig about spreading democracy and the American way of doing things is not such a bad idea but I always looked at it from a different perspective.
Like the folks who brought us the Ipod, the Playstation, McDonald's, Levi's, etc... They were desirable things that needed little marketing, as the demand far outstripped supply. Same would hold true for more complex things as government, societal structures, and so forth, as if it can stand on its merits alone and still be something that is so greatly desired by the masses, then no marketing is needed.
There have been several quotes and statements by the leaders of the neoconservative movement (if you wish to call them this) that have said that since the fall of the Soviet Union, the United States grab the power vacated by them for ourselves. One would think that if our way of life and governing is so superior, then the people would be begging us to either bring it to them or ask us to show them the way. I do not equate using the pretense of invasion and occupation as a means of spreading freedom and democracy, as this method is simply a gross absurdity.
While I tended to prefer a more Aristotle approach, I can certainly see where Plato's notions were coming from as an afternoon or two on a given forum and it leaves little doubts that he had a damn good point.