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That was then, this is now. I've never seen a lot of value in trying to divine the "Founders" intentions. It's our government now, and we should guide it according to our values and principles.
The question we need to ask ourselves is: "Do we really need to rule the world?"
To me, the answer is an obvious "no". Our military budget is more than the rest of the world combined, and that is insane. Especially given that most of that is spent to defend the interests of multi-national corporations - not US citizens in general. We need to spend far less money, lives, and effort meddling in the affairs of other nations on behalf of our 'economic interests' (AKA corporate welfare) and focus on our problems at home.
Do we need to rule the world? Nope. Do we have a responsibility as the world's last "super-power" to make sure 3,000 Americans aren't killed again in attack by foreign maniacs? You answer that question.
That was then, this is now. I've never seen a lot of value in trying to divine the "Founders" intentions. It's our government now, and we should guide it according to our values and principles.
The question we need to ask ourselves is: "Do we really need to rule the world?"
To me, the answer is an obvious "no". Our military budget is more than the rest of the world combined, and that is insane. Especially given that most of that is spent to defend the interests of multi-national corporations - not US citizens in general. We need to spend far less money, lives, and effort meddling in the affairs of other nations on behalf of our 'economic interests' (AKA corporate welfare) and focus on our problems at home.
Do we need to rule the world? Nope. Do we have a responsibility as the world's last "super-power" to make sure 3,000 Americans aren't killed again in attack by foreign maniacs? You answer that question.
That was then, this is now. I've never seen a lot of value in trying to divine the "Founders" intentions. It's our government now, and we should guide it according to our values and principles.
The question we need to ask ourselves is: "Do we really need to rule the world?"
To me, the answer is an obvious "no". Our military budget is more than the rest of the world combined, and that is insane. Especially given that most of that is spent to defend the interests of multi-national corporations - not US citizens in general. We need to spend far less money, lives, and effort meddling in the affairs of other nations on behalf of our 'economic interests' (AKA corporate welfare) and focus on our problems at home.
Do we need to rule the world? Nope. Do we have a responsibility as the world's last "super-power" to make sure 3,000 Americans aren't killed again in attack by foreign maniacs? You answer that question.