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I know, but i would take this argument with much more reservation than some throw it around. It would take a lot of time and assisting factors for actual large scale piracy to develop in this scenario, because: a)Other countries have navies too, not as big or long range as US one, but the total...

Not having global power in no way prevents the small elite from causing the same or even worse conditions for the population. And as i pointed out, one can come at this particular issue from 2 completely separate angles - humanitarian or competitive. The mainstream left tends to focus on the...

So, what are the alternatives? Its not like USA is exceptional in doing these things. They are part of the "basic standard toolkit" of all countries competing for global power, and to throw them out would be a form of self-handicap. The only way i see it possible to not do that is for USA to...

It holds with the history of pacifist movements in the west. They are against all wars in theory, but how much do you see them protesting against communist's wars? Above all, they always oppose wars that can be pinned on their favored side's opponents or otherwise benefit them. That's the whole...

A lot of that was excused, caused, kept or a bit of both politically incorrect crime problems that the establishment would rather not address at the root because it would be a mess politically to even talk about it in public, nevermind take broad action against it. Both sides of the political...

The fight for minimum wage is just a simple example of how the "pro worker" movement is plainly trapped in the socialist talking points. Sure, its convenient for the big business to not raise it (in US context), but hey, a number of european countries have high minimum wage, and things are not...

Allow me to go point by point on that. Moral authoritarianism is the norm among ideologies, world and history. Only few significant political factions don't do it (much)- chiefly among them the classical liberal and libertarian movements of the west. Those who do it obviously do it in the...