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From: todd@SCIRTP.UUCP (Todd Jones)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Thoughts on America Bashing
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Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 14:40:49 EDT
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> get here.  Just that we are so much in the minds of people in obscure places
> around the world means we offer no small fascination to the rest of the world.
> I submit that the source of that fascination if simple: we offer OPPORTUNITY.
> We offer economic opportunity, mostly, but also the opportunity to shuck 
> stifling tradition and social strictures.  We offer that opportunity, most other
> countries do not.

America's strength is built largely by leeching resources from
other countries. We trade guns for butter with some puppet despot
who doesn't begin to represent his citizens. When the citizens
get frustrated and flirt with Marxism, we sell 'em more guns.
How can they pay for more guns? With butter of course!

I fully support the ideals of democracy, especially over those
of Marxism, but we are anything but democratic toward our fellow
globe-inhabitors. This, I believe, is why we are hated- we exploit;
and why others want to come her- Americans reap the fruits of this
exploitation. This makes perfect sense to me. Any takers?

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