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[lit-ideas] Re: It Doesn't Stay in Vegas
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 08:24:25 -0700
From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
America isn't a man with no chest. America is
the preeminent example of Liberal Democracy today and it is a good thing -
regardless of the whining of the continental European men with no chests.
Let's distinguish carefully here: America that fights wars is good; America that doesn't
fight wars is a European weakling.
You see now, don't you? For Fukuyama, democracy has an inherent flaw: the legal system gives
everyone equal recognition, regardless whether they deserve it or not.
Or, said large, a global legal system (treaties, etc.) gives every country equal
recognition, regardless whether they deserve it or not. Iran is a country, therefore it has
rights. That's the error of European diplomacy.
That's the whole point of thymos, the core idea in the book.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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