the big question facing American civilization is the one answered rather poorly by the great English civilization, are we going to make the same blunders or, are we going to get it right this time, that is the question - the way how the "empire of liberty" works is people join our union of their own free will because they see the superior benefits of the liberal way - where people are oppressed by states our duty is to open our doors, and for people of goodwill everywhere to open their doors and defend the rights of humans to desert their state, doesn't the UN recognize the human right to move about the earth and change nationality?
Pan-Africans for example are determined to offer a right of repatriation to the oppressed blacks of India, which I deeply appreciate, of course, but this is broader and covers any oppressed person anywhere - we must ask China to let Liu Xiabao and his family leave if they so desire, this is the moral stand consistent with Liberty, we must keep our doors open for Liu Xiabao, Dr. Binayak, whoever it is tomorrow, indeed our orgs should correspond with them accordingly
if the people wish to join the American union and are being prevented by state coercion and violence, THEN we have a just cause to use force in their defense, then it is indeed a liberatory exercise because the will of the proto-american people to join the union is served, no imperial transfer of wealth results, no prolonged occupation of the land by the liberating army is needed - another state is added to the Union, simple!
under the consummately elegant federalism gifted by the founding fathers, all of the civilizations of the world would gravitate to the liberal way, driven by the common human desire for prosperity and peace, while retaining all of the uniqueness of their spiritual and cultural heritage consistent with liberal humanism - if you look into it you will find that no civilization presents a contradiction to liberal humanism, none, only imperial ideologies and tithing ecclesiasties do! isn't that the whole point established by King Solomon? isn't that why he is today a worldwide synonym for wisdom? what had caused King David's armed uprising in the first place?
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
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