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Old 12-05-2008, 12:02 AM   #31 (permalink)
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Quite so. What would make them limit themselves to actions only in their national self-interest?
The inability to do anything else.
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Why should the anti-totalitarian cause be self-limiting when our opponents are not?
Because it only breeds totalitarianism.

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Is confronting totalitarianism the same as believing that a perfect society is possible? I think not.
It is believing that we have the power to shape far-flung corners of the globe.
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Old 12-05-2008, 12:09 AM   #32 (permalink)
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Quite so. What would make them limit themselves to actions only in their national self-interest? Why should the anti-totalitarian cause be self-limiting when our opponents are not?


Is confronting totalitarianism the same as believing that a perfect society is possible? I think not.
That would depend on what you mean by confronting totalitarianism. How far would you be prepared to go? I think that would depend on how much better you thought your system of living was. Is an already imperfect society worth dying for, for example? I don't know the answer to that.
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