[snowrip]

Bush the younger sees a world where democracy is the wave of the future, and an ownership society where people aren't at the mercy of politicians bribing them with their own money.

As illustrated by his growth of government, support for the Law of the Sea treaty, and efforts to create a North American Union. I guess that attempts to bribe 20 million illegal aliens with American taxpayer money and citizenship in an attempt to get their vote must not count, though.

[Fee]

Democracy is not the wave of the future. We had democracy in Gaza strip and Venezeula, and they ended up voting in dictatorships. Reason is there is a huge poor/ignorant voting bloc in the voting population that can easily be manipulated by radicals. The only wave that is universal is the desire to be rich and powerful. Go to any country in the world and ask (developed and undeveloped). Everyone wants to get rich and powerful, but you get mixed concepts on what is freedom and democracy. Any nation that has a huge rural/urban poor are not ready for democracy. Sooner or later the poor majority will turn on the rich/middle class minority.