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Order by Agreements or by Iron Fists

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In his 1651 classic, Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes warned: "To obey the King who is God's lieutenant, is the same as to obey God. We shall have no peace till we have absolute obedience." Many contemporary statists share Hobbes's assumption that near-total control is the only way to avoid near-certain destruction — that without a policeman, a bureaucrat, and a politician watching over their every move, citizens would beat their wives, starve their children, poison their customers, and blow up city hall. Supposedly, it is only the restraining hand of government that prevents the total dissolution of civilization, and the more power the restraining hand possesses, the safer civilization becomes. How much subjugation is necessary to preserve civil peace? At what point do force and threat of force subvert order? French philosopher Pierre Bayle wrote, "It is not tolerance, ...

American Foreign Policy — The Turning Point, 1898–1919, Part 1

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Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 With the end of the twentieth century rapidly approaching, this is a time to look back and gain some perspective on where we stand as a nation. Were the Founding Fathers somehow to return, they would find it impossible to recognize our political system. The major cause of this transformation has been America's involvement in war and preparation for war over the past hundred years. War has warped our constitutional order, the course of our national development, and the very mentality of our people. The process of distortion started about a century ago, when certain fateful steps were taken that in time altered fundamentally the character of our republic. One idea of America was abandoned and another took its place, although no conscious, deliberate decision was ever made. Eventually, this change affected all areas of American life, so that today our nation is radically ...

American Foreign Policy — The Turning Point, 1898–1919, Part 1

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American Foreign Policy — The Turning Point, 1898–1919 Part 1 by Ralph Raico, February 1995 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 With the end of the twentieth century rapidly approaching, this is a time to look back and gain some perspective on where we stand as a nation. Were the Founding Fathers somehow to return, they would find it impossible to recognize our political system. The major cause of this transformation has been America's involvement in war and preparation for war over the past hundred years. War has warped our constitutional order, the course of our national development, and the very mentality of our people. The process of distortion started about a century ago, when certain fateful steps were taken that in time altered fundamentally the character of our republic. One idea of America was abandoned and another took its place, although no conscious, deliberate decision was ever made. Eventually, this change affected ...