<< I am an American with no connection to Arab culture; >> You say this, but I don't believe it. If it smells like a duck, if it walks like a duck, if it thinks like a duck, what do you think it is? << Under any economic system, it is required that you take care of your people or else you will find yourself out of office or dead. >> Nonsense. Many economic systems, throughout the world, do not take care of the people, and the corrupt governments survive for decades. << When they chose a Western society to build as their infrastructure, they exposed themselves to be subverted by a larger system that could control them. >> Competitive capitalistic systems thrive through the efforts of competitive people. Subverted by a larger system? This is nonsense. Many small capitalistic systems have thrived and the people have flourished, despite their size, and actually many have benefitted greatly by their interaction with the huge US economy. You quote sayings from political books, apparently without understanding what you are saying. It must make you feel good to express meaningless slogans. You shout "colonies" and "western economic systems", along with your anti-semitic rhetoric, as if these words are supposed to have a profound effect on others. Your right, Elmer's glue is too good for you! <g> |