The following is the Essay I wrote for my College course, Current Issues.
URL to article: http://www.aynrand.org
This article talks a lot about the threat of terrorism, and how the world will not being able to find peace by sticking to the ways we have now. It talks heavily about "cultural imperialism". The voluntarily acceptance in changes in ideas, art, and entertainment produced in civilized countries.
When reading this article is was shocked by the way they worded their meanings. A lot of these things would have to happen for the world to be at peace. But by changing every society to accept one stance is impossible. Everyone in the world has their own ideas and their own stances. What shocked me was when they brought up “voluntary persuasion “. Volunteering for something means that you are not brought over by any other forces of persuasion. Yet the meaning of persuasion is to be convinced by some outstanding force that effects your decision. To me, voluntary persuasion is impossible. Persuasion over powers voluntarism.
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So I just read the article and Mr. Tracinski is a MORON in every sense of the word. He says that Middle Eastern values 'cannot win' I cannot believe that someone would print this. 'Values' has nothing to do with it. It is the way the government is being run that is the problem. Not their beliefs. Every government, in theory and at it's core, has the potential to run perfectally. Alas, nothing is perfect. No government will run perfectally because of the definition of government. Govenrment is defined as 'the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the MEMBERS, CITIZENS, or INHABITANTS of communities, societies, and states'. A government is made up of PEOPLE. People can be corrupt and make tremendous errors. Thats the way of the world.
The thing that upset me the most though was when he spoke of the 'superiority' of Western culture over others. He talks about '...the Western values of intellectual freedom...individual rights.' How is imposing our culture on others in any way reflecting that? Someone please explain that to me.
Utopia is imaginary and in my opinion nothing good can some of such a thing anyway. Why would anyone want that? Life is perfect in its imperfections. Thats what life is about. Figuring out where to go from your failures and the failures of others. Its no fun someone to tell you everything it great, you want to figure it out for yourself.
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