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To: Arguendo
I look like you don't really follow international politics. After collapse of Soviet empire western Europe turned to be more communistic than former soviet satellites. But western establishment already had a recipe how to solve such competition. They spent a lot of cash for propaganda purpose to convince people in the east that the EU is a second heaven. They want to bring all eastern European states on the board.

While Russia and Asian countries were always ruled by a despot. From their perspective commies were not so special. They belong to different civilization and should not be compared with European countries.

Democracies always degenerate, so is the US, once Republic turned to be pathetic democracy. The problem is that unlike in monarchies were aristocracy degenerate and might be replace by new cadres, in democratic system whole society degenerate and there is nobody to replace them.
55 posted on 03/20/2009 3:11:22 PM PDT by Lukasz
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To: Lukasz
While Russia and Asian countries were always ruled by a despot. From their perspective commies were not so special. They belong to different civilization and should not be compared with European countries.

And why do you think that is? Eastern Europe was also Christian, albeit their brand of Christianity was one that placed a lower value on reason. The Englightenment was just one part of a long Western tradition that has valued reason and humanism (which are not inherently in conflict with Christianity), and it was this tradition that resulted in our freedom.

57 posted on 03/20/2009 3:21:04 PM PDT by Arguendo
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