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    21 days ago

    "and saw in this future “possibilities of such enormous human progress as to stagger the imagination.”

    The next several decades would prove Luce right, as the United States emerged from World War II as one of two global superpowers and, arguably, the world’s preeminent cultural and economic force. Luce, who was a Republican, intended his broadside to serve as a template for conservative internationalism — in effect, a powerful response to the party’s isolationist, America First wing. But this concept — of America as a friendly goliath, the “Good Samaritan of the entire world,” promoting democracy, capitalism, trade and international order — guided the thinking of most policymakers and politicians across the political spectrum for the better part of a century.

    Until now."

    Barf…

    “Until now.” Lol

    "possibilities of such enormous human progress economic consolidation as to stagger the imagination.”

    “this concept — of America as a friendly goliath, the “Good Samaritan mob enforcer of the entire world,” promoting democracy, capitalism, and trade and international order —”

    There, fixed.