Gruss can speak for himself, but his comments seem to be directed at imperialism generally and not the US specifically. I would actually trace it back to European imperialism starting in the 16th century. This is a very large generalization, but here goes: the places colonized by Britain- Canada (except Quebec), US, Australia, New Zealand, Belize, much of the Carribean island chains- followed a path of local representative government and free markets, and they are in pretty good shape today. The places colonized by Spain (and throw Portugal in there)- most of Latin America, the Phillipines- followed a more Catholic/monarchist imperialist path, and they are not generally as developed, stable, or prosperous as the original British colonies.
Having said that, there are tons of holes in this argument, so everyone- feel free to pick away at it. On 5/3/06, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > *smirk* > > And who ruled the US to show them how it was done? > Or is it only Americans and Protestant Extremists kicked out of Europe > that are allowed to struggle and find their way to prosperity? > > Other races and peoples just aren't good enough huh. > > They need to be ruled with an iron fist, and shown the way provided to > them by the Good Lord That They Might Prosper hmm? > > *smirk* > > Wonder what America would look like if Native Americans hadn't been > eradicated. > > America:The Great White Hope. Nobody Does It Better. > > uh huh. > On 5/3/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > RoMunn wrote: > > > I don't think anyone is suggesting doing anything other than leaving > them to > > > their own devices. It's just sad to see yet another doomed experiment > in > > > Communist economics. > > > > > > > This is what makes me wonder about imperialism. You'll have a person > > like Gel rally against US imperialism - maybe justifiably. But you > > have to wonder if there isn't benefit to it. > > > > Take India, for example. The Brits came in and probably did some > > fairly grim stuff, but their legacy is a country with a booming > > economy. This experiment has been repeated in South Korea, Japan , > > and Germany. > > > > What it comes down to is people that don't know how to best do a task, > > but are afraid to ask for help. How do they know what they don't > > know? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206175 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
