Our nation is a REPUBLIC, not a democracy. The latter is not a stable for of government. When you read the Constitution, you will also find out that one the responsibilities of the fedgov is to ensure that the States have a republican form of government, not a democratic one (& I'm not referring to political parties, either). The Founding Fathers opposed democracy, & James Madison criticized it in paper #5 of The Federalist Papers. On the other hand, if you read The Communist Manifesto, you will read that an important goal of Karl Marx was to make the world "safe for democracy".
Where did you get that silly idea that I would like to "...seal ourselves in and have no foreign relations at all"? ROTFLMAO! Read paper #45 of The Federalist Papers & you will learn that our relations w/ foreign governments are among the 1st & foremost responsibilities of the fedgov, for cryin' out loud! What was that Thomas Jefferson phrase, I don't remember it exactly: "friendship & trade w/ ALL nations, entangling alliances w/ NONE"?
I wasn’t saying “you” wanted that .. I’m saying that’s what Ron Paul wants and that’s why I can’t ever vote for him.