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[Pyro7480]

That essay is basically a shorter version of a chapter from his new "What's So Great About America" book. I just finished it, and it was a great read.

[Snake65]

"All right. But apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system, and public health ...What have the Romans ever done for us? "

[Incorrigible]

Dinesh was live in the Hannity studio last week talking about this article. He hoped by publishing it in an academic publication that it would tweak more than a few noses.

He's a very intelligent guy with good wit and good writing skills.

[What Is Ain't]

Great read.

Dinesh is a longtime favorite of mine. He is a clear thinker and a very good writer - two qualities under appreciated in today's world.

[Constitution Day]

Ping!

Thanks for the info on the NC page re: D'Souza on the Jerry Agar show today.
Unfortunately, I didn't have time to listen.

I did hear him discussing his recent book on the radio a couple weeks ago; sounds good.

CD

[Jason Gade]

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[KC_Conspirator]

In the late Middle Ages, say 1500, the West was by no means the world's most affluent or most powerful civilization. Indeed, those of China and of the Arab-Islamic world exceeded the West in wealth, in knowledge, in exploration, in learning, and in military power. So how did the West gain so rapidly in economic, political, and military power that, by the 19th century, it was able to conquer virtually all of the other civilizations? That question demands to be answered, and the oppression theorists have never provided an adequate explanation.

The answer is: The Renassaince

We have gone through it and much of the world, including the middle east and Africa, have not. Not only have these regions of the world not experienced an enlightening phase, many of them have out right rejected enlightening ideas to the point that they have descended back into savagery: such as in the middle east and Africa.

[Big Bunyip]

Time to take up the white man's burden

[Burkeman1]

For anyone wanting to really delve into colonialism should read Thomas Sowell's "Migrations and Culture" and "Conquest and Culture"- they literally are the most brilliant books I have ever read and though I was already a conservative- they deeply influenced what I believe more than any other book.

[Youngblood]

Interesting piece. Something I’ve often thought about, as an Irish person, is what my country would be like had the British left us alone for all those centuries. Would we be a similar country today? Would we have the present polarized society in Northern Ireland? I suppose someone else like France or Spain would have taken us over anyway in order to gain a position of strength against Britain. However, whether we are better off today (northern conflict a pretty big aside) because of colonialism is not going to endear me to the glory of British imperialism, despite the very good relationship we enjoy with the British today. Acknowledging some residual benefits of imperialism does not excuse the repressive, selfish motives of the empire builders. That said, the author makes very valid points about the damage the various types of corrupt regimes have inflicted on their own people since the end of imperialism. At some point they're going to have to take responsibility for sorting out their own societies instead of blaming all their problems on the evils of imperialism.

[Cool Guy]

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