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I find that Americans (and to a lesser extent many Europeans, Canadians, Australians etc) are so clear about the self evident advantages of their own way of life and politico-economic arangements that they (we) feel that the poor benighted souls around the world that have the misfortune to live in non-western style ways will breath a sigh of relief as soon as we arive and thank us for the privilege.
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Social Darwinism has been around since Britain thought of it a few centuries ago. It was wrong then, and its still wrong today.
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Is it any wonder that the people of Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran are unhappy about the reality (or prospect in the case of Iran) of their money being used to bring wealth and security to the regime of George (II Bush).
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Actually its taking more money out than its bringing in, and the lies used to protect the Bush administration are drawing attention, but I see what you mean. No one seems to be able to stop them until the comming elections.