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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: FaultLine who wrote (60014)12/5/2002 1:14:29 PM
From: paul_philp  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 

Thank you, Paul, for your comments.


And you too.


began with Lindy Bill's 'Analysis of the Extreme Left in the US'-type post


I have no background in political science and being Canadian I probably don't know the Extreme Left very well so I am a sure that I over simplified my reading of Bill's post. I understood the post to be saying that one source of the anti-American urge is the idea that:

"America is prosperous and I have problems so America must be exploiting me with their power and posperity. If America was less prosperous and less powerful I would have fewer problems. However, it is the nature of America to be prosperous and powerful so it is not enough that America act differently but America must change it's very nature before I have less problem and more opportunity. In order to make for less problems in people's lives and the world in general we must attack America at it's core."

I don't know if this is left wing or Marxist thinking but I do think it is a prevaling attitude, especially in Europe. I think there is a fantasy about a 'benevolent power' fueling much of the current anti-Americanism. I also think that it is becoming paradigmatic in much of the world - it certainly is in Canada.

I may be way off in my interpretation of that article however.

Paul
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