Does it mean for Americans that we shall for decades be dependent on foreign oil to the future death of our free market and capitalist economy?
In a non-idealist world do we really express our golbial idealisms by being at war in places like Afghanistan and Iraq? Will Tibet be next, or will it be Iran?
Do we become the providers of mercenary services to the various countries of the world? What's our end of the deal when we fight? Soldiers of fortune get paid.
What's our role with Russia? Does our idealism in their conflict with Georgia involve activating our nuclear weapons?
We need to stop looking into the eyes of dictators. They have no souls. And saying that they do have souls does not change that reality.
The notion of global economy is not working too well for us. We can now see the evidence of a neglected view of its impact and how that has begun to back fire.
The veto power of each member of the big five, seemed O.K. for the United Nations toward the end of World War II. Now is the time to review and eliminate that power and outlaw nuclear weapons as well. This is going to take some good thinking.
Now is the time to unite the United Nations behind the idealism that we present and what it means to the rest of the world.
To do that we must stop functioning as mercenaries and lead the United Nations into what it was meant to be—keepers of the peace and nations together in the interest of humanity.
The Russian government does not show any interest in humanity so what are its real interest in the United Nations? Veto power?
Any nation that does not show interest in individuals and its people and the people of the world is functioning against the desired interests of the United Nation and the good of humanity.
American businessmen in China don't seem to be functioning in the interest of peoples of the world. Their involvement in pollution is not in the interest of our people and our economy.
There is nothing sacred about the United Nations nor in the concept of the global economy. These are concepts that in their practicality are presently found wanting.
People of the world look to the greatness of American idealism. It is that moral energy that gives us the most power. We must continue to maintain that power, that idealism. We saw evidence of that when Obama was in Germany recently.
Expediency takes us into a world of despotism. Putin is a despot. Why can't his dark cynical narcissism be seen by the politicians of the world. He is far from being an idealist. We don't have to look into his eyes for that. But neither should we neglect watching what he's doing. He's going to become a growing problem.
Our idealism must be used for turning the United Nations into an organization for humanity.
The UN must stand against war and despotic governments. It must be made to function as a meaningful force for peace and human good. That is one of our main global responsibilities.
Of course, these are ideals, so was a democratic America. Ideals are more powerful than war and must be turned into practicalities.
If the so-called “global economy” does not work toward these ideals, then let's stop giving lip service to it. If it does not work in the interest of the Chinese people, the Russian people and in the interest of the whole world, including Americans, let's say no to it.
Our human ideals are more important than any economist's theories of global economy. But our ideals have not been best expressed by getting involved in almost every war since WWII.
We must find ways for the implementation of our ideals just as we found the way for becoming the “land of the free”. No ideal like that was every implemented before in the history of the world..
Is the concept of global economy just another economic gimmick for keeping the universally wealthy unified in remaining and in becoming more wealthy?
We must keep our minds clear by thinking of what is in the interest of humanity. And I'm sure we can spell that out.
But we must also learn to understand the cultures of other nations, of their people and how we can accommodate each other's interests.
Let's examine what it is that globalism holds in common for most people of the world. Is it a limited view? Let's take a new perspective. Let's guide its forces toward the good of humanity.
