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To: kabar
The nation will be lost

And will eventually be re-constituted (pun intended).

It appears that many tend to ignore the temporal nature of any generations' cultural orthodoxy (ie "political correctness" in its current parlance). 500 years ago, one could be burned at the stake for heresy; 225, tried for treason for challenging the throne; 100, persecuted for sexual "deviancy".

As populations are further segregated and opinions hardened, the power of current fashionable orthodoxies which give protection to anti-American rhetoric/policies will fade. Once the battle lines are drawn, who cares what the enemy thinks of you (or they you)?

At that point, innate human behavior, which has been percolating along & driving natural selection for 3-5m years, eg distrust of non-group members, lethal actions undertaken to mitigate/eliminate competition, etc will once again burst forth.

We won't be here to see it, but I am very sanguine about the eventual outcome for those future generations versed in the history of Western Civ who wish to enjoy the benefits of liberty for themselves.

37 posted on 04/02/2008 10:56:37 AM PDT by semantic
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To: semantic
We won't be here to see it, but I am very sanguine about the eventual outcome for those future generations versed in the history of Western Civ who wish to enjoy the benefits of liberty for themselves.

I don't share your optimism. The decline and demise of America will thrust the world into a new Dark Age, which will take centuries, if ever, to emerge from. There is no guarantee that the values and ideals that formed this society and Western Civilization will again hold sway over most of the world. Historically, it will only be a blip on the collective expericence of Man.

42 posted on 04/02/2008 7:37:55 PM PDT by kabar
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