No, I don't advocate might makes right.
It is a practical reality of the world, the primitive world, but not the civilized world....that might makes right in the sense that the winners make the rules...but that is not my concept of "right."
Right now, I list the most dangerous threat to the USA is our own internal weakness of our society, i.e. greed, people living on credit beyond their means, corruption, lack of real protection of constitution, lack of trust in our institutions, illegal aliens, exporting of jobs overseas, weakening of labor unions who protect workers, corporate power and lobby, too much power in executive branch, etc.
Second biggest threat is China.
Terrorism is actually way down the list...
I don't see much value in playing who is the worst offender of human rights. We are in bed with China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, nearly all the major human rights defenders, because corporate profit is now the God of America, which is why we are eventually doomed.
It is a practical reality of the world, the primitive world, but not the civilized world....that might makes right in the sense that the winners make the rules...but that is not my concept of "right."
Right now, I list the most dangerous threat to the USA is our own internal weakness of our society, i.e. greed, people living on credit beyond their means, corruption, lack of real protection of constitution, lack of trust in our institutions, illegal aliens, exporting of jobs overseas, weakening of labor unions who protect workers, corporate power and lobby, too much power in executive branch, etc.
Second biggest threat is China.
Terrorism is actually way down the list...
I don't see much value in playing who is the worst offender of human rights. We are in bed with China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, nearly all the major human rights defenders, because corporate profit is now the God of America, which is why we are eventually doomed.
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Interesting.
Sounds as if you advocate might is right.
Since the Tri-Axis was "beatable" it was a worthy fight by the U.S.
Since Stalin was unbeatable it's proper that we fought his enemies.
If one were to list Russia, China, Italy, Japan and Germany on a list, how would you categorize them in order of human rights, military oppression, social mores, justice ect.
My guess would be Russia (enemy of the Tri-Axis) and China (enemy of Japan) would top the list of "bad guys".
The nations that the U.S. and Britain fought would be on the "good guy" list.
Peculiar?