U.S & Liberty: The Land of the Free - the Home of the Hated
"Those who are feared are hated." -- Bejamin Franklin
The U.S. is to the world what the New York Yankees are to American baseball ...... the ones you love to hate.
As the U.S. is villified around the world, and even the subject of vitriol at home by the left, one has to wonder why. What is the cause of it? Anti-Semitism used to be called ‘the socialism of fools.’ Now likewise we have anti-Americanism; and it seems to be on the ascent. The Jews for centuries have been the victims of hatred, but it is the American now that is under attack with this irrational behavior along with the Jews as witnessed by the 'Little Satan' and 'Big Satan' rhetoric.
Both the Americans and the Brits have done more good than bad in their deeds towards other nations than has any other country. Throughout all of history, no other nations have shared their fortunes with the poor nations to the extent of these two countries; money, education, and medicine would be at the top of the list.
But the world's response has been venomous hostility.
French philosopher Jean-Francois Revel blames it on the anti-globalist lobby. “In spreading the lie that globalization impoverishes the most needy, the protesters simply act upon their twin enthusiasms: anti-American and anti-capitalism” (American Enterprise, June 2004)."
"The United States is far from perfect, Revel acknowledges. Nevertheless, he suggests that any criticisms should be directed at real problems, and should not take the form of irrational rantings."
“Anti-Americanism is the prevailing disease of intellectuals today," says historian Paul Johnson, who sees the pointy-head intellectuals as being a major player in creating and perpetuating the great anti-American lie.
It is based on envy of American wealth, power, success and determination, which is both irrational and powerful. Another human trait equally irrational and powerful is jealousy.
Yet, every form of government has been tried, and the only one that has effectively survived is liberal democracy. This is the form of government which Churchill called the best of the worst:
Even though all human forms of government are faulty systems, liberal democracy has proven through history to be the least of all evils. The real question becomes whether or not we can keep it.
"Revel's prescient warning to the European Left should also serve to educate thoughtful Americans about the challenge we face in Europe, which may be as daunting a challenge as that posed by Islamic terrorism. Something sick lies at the heart of Western civilization. The democracies that will surely perish will be those who cannot tell the difference between good and evil, survival and ruin, freedom and tyranny. Or, perhaps more to the point, the greatest danger faced by democracy are those who deny that there is any real difference after all."
The U.S. is to the world what the New York Yankees are to American baseball ...... the ones you love to hate.
As the U.S. is villified around the world, and even the subject of vitriol at home by the left, one has to wonder why. What is the cause of it? Anti-Semitism used to be called ‘the socialism of fools.’ Now likewise we have anti-Americanism; and it seems to be on the ascent. The Jews for centuries have been the victims of hatred, but it is the American now that is under attack with this irrational behavior along with the Jews as witnessed by the 'Little Satan' and 'Big Satan' rhetoric.
Both the Americans and the Brits have done more good than bad in their deeds towards other nations than has any other country. Throughout all of history, no other nations have shared their fortunes with the poor nations to the extent of these two countries; money, education, and medicine would be at the top of the list.
But the world's response has been venomous hostility.
French philosopher Jean-Francois Revel blames it on the anti-globalist lobby. “In spreading the lie that globalization impoverishes the most needy, the protesters simply act upon their twin enthusiasms: anti-American and anti-capitalism” (American Enterprise, June 2004)."
"The United States is far from perfect, Revel acknowledges. Nevertheless, he suggests that any criticisms should be directed at real problems, and should not take the form of irrational rantings."
“Anti-Americanism is the prevailing disease of intellectuals today," says historian Paul Johnson, who sees the pointy-head intellectuals as being a major player in creating and perpetuating the great anti-American lie.
It is based on envy of American wealth, power, success and determination, which is both irrational and powerful. Another human trait equally irrational and powerful is jealousy.
Yet, every form of government has been tried, and the only one that has effectively survived is liberal democracy. This is the form of government which Churchill called the best of the worst:
“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.”
Even though all human forms of government are faulty systems, liberal democracy has proven through history to be the least of all evils. The real question becomes whether or not we can keep it.
"Revel's prescient warning to the European Left should also serve to educate thoughtful Americans about the challenge we face in Europe, which may be as daunting a challenge as that posed by Islamic terrorism. Something sick lies at the heart of Western civilization. The democracies that will surely perish will be those who cannot tell the difference between good and evil, survival and ruin, freedom and tyranny. Or, perhaps more to the point, the greatest danger faced by democracy are those who deny that there is any real difference after all."
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