Originally posted by DanaC
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Does the fact that we built much of our success on the backs of the unfree marr our freedom ?
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What are you referring to here? Slavery? I don't really think America really owes its success or any major part thereof to slavery henious as it was.
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Since we seem hell bent on converting as much of the world to parliamentary or congressional democracy as we can...It strikes me as only right that we wonder what it is we are trying to turn the world into.....and what other roads could we have take and could take now.?
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I think we are trying to turn the rest of the world into a democracy freindly to the United States. I can't really think of anything else.
The only interesting angle I can come up with that relates to your point is all the bitching I hear about there not being any democracies in the middle east. Well, I think things would get a lot worse if the majority of the middle east were democratic. For example, if Saudi Arabia and Pakistan were suddenly democratic, I think it would be worse for us - a lot worse.
If your post was a long version of "be careful what you wish for" then we agree on much.