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To: saveliberty

Its remarkable. Mexico, indeed almost all of Latin America are failed societies. The flight from these countries of large numbers of people is proof of this failure.
Why in the world - other than vanity and pride - would the leaders (or anyone else) of Mexico or any Latin American country believe that anyone who want to replicate Latin culture in the US or replace US culture with Latin culture?


37 posted on 02/17/2006 8:23:31 AM PST by quadrant
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To: quadrant

In a Platonic view, it's necessary to keep a stratified order in which those who don't earn their way can stay in power. The collective (as defined by the few who decide that they are "golds" and we poor masses are "bronzes") is the priority

In an Aristotelian view, it's necessary for the individual to be personally accountable and to heck with unearned authority or advantage. Thus if a person earns his way to success -- that's the determinant. But there must still be buy in to the "guilt".


They come here because their leaders are like Plato-- coming from the elites, but offering nothing and being on the brink of falling into the chasm. Hence the elites are more desperate to hold on to the power that they have.

They come here for the benefits of liberty and indivu


41 posted on 02/17/2006 8:40:26 AM PST by saveliberty (Spitzer (fleas be upon him))
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