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Originally Posted by taxwonk
I didn't claim we are the be-all and end-all. I said that we have a unique and exceptional history. Our democracy arose after we expelled a foreign power and was constructed from the beginning as a government of laws, not men. We aren't perfect. Who is? But we are like Australia in terms of political evolution. Our distance allowed us to build our institutions, for better or worse, without interference.
But, if you're right, and we're like everybody else....
Then we can withdraw from all those foreign pissing matches where our direct interests are not at stake. Fuck 'em. After all, we're no better than they are. Why should we make sacrifices for people thousands of miles away?
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I am putting you down for the "Apples and Oranges are both Special" school of exceptionalism.
As to foreign pissing matches, I'd be very happy if we stopped trying to do any good ourselves using troops and just contributed them to the UN for cases where there really is a broad consensus.
