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To: E who wrote (56497)	9/30/1999 11:49:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Okay, I think it is more complicated, but I don't feel like fighting right at the moment. Let me just ask: does it give you no pause that Reagan is the only one in the world, practically, who thought that the Soviet Empire might expire in our lifetime, and it did? Or that everyone was predicting that Reaganomics would lead to misery in the '90s, and in fact we have had a boom? Ah, well....

To: E who wrote (56497)	9/30/1999 12:00:00 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 108807

Let's not call it derangement- let's call it a really strange belief system. Lots of people in this country suspend their disbelief all the time- they believe in con men, they believe in TV evangelists- Reagan just happened (imo) to be more egocentric than most people and managed to suspend all disbelief about Himself. That can work for people. People who THINK they are Gods can sometimes do amazing things- but there's about a 50/50 chance those things will be destructive or constructive. Look at Napolean, and Hitler and many many other leaders who managed to believe in the myth of themselves. Lots of countries have had leaders that suffer from this "derangement" and I don't like it, but it makes them appealing to the masses who also long to be "deranged."