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lunedì, novembre 14, 2005
Get real. Quello del professor Rummel è un blog imprescindibile per chiunque creda nel potere rivoluzionario e pacificatore della democrazia e della libertà. C'è gran confusione sotto il sole del realismo e dell'idealismo: anche su ottimi blog italiani si sono lette dotte disamine dei due fenomeni che avevano però il difetto di rimanere sul terreno della dottrina e di non scendere in quello della politica. Errore fatale. Oggi Rummel ribadisce una tesi assai cara a chi scrive: i veri realisti sono i cosiddetti idealisti e l'unico realismo possibile consiste nell'espansione della democrazia:
Most of the media people and commentators have been educated into realism—it is the dominant set of ideas in political science and international relations—and to be suspicious of any highflying proposals. They naturally see the call for ending tyranny as idealistic. Thus when you read that Bush is idealistic, understand that this is a complement with the back of the hand. However, the most thorough research that any idea in international relations has ever received shows that the realistic one is Bush and his forward Strategy of Freedom, and that the realists if they have their way, will not free us from the historical cycle of war and peace. Realism, which has been practiced in Europe since 1648 and the creation of the modern state system and up until all Europe became democratic and unified, was in practice nothing but war by other means until the next round of war. Realists must come to understand that the real realists are the so-called idealists, and the real idealists are the realists. You know, the realists have their heart in the right place, but . . . (eyes rolling skyward). In other words, get real. |
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A Luisa.   
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