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My Arguments For Liberal Empire Or Whatever You Want To Call It - Hegemony, Primacy, You Name It - Are Really Activated By A Sense That The Alternatives Involve More Violence, More Repression, More Hardship.

For 500 Years The West Patented Six Killer Applications That Set It Apart. The First To Download Them Was Japan. Over The Last Century, One Asian Country After Another Has Downloaded These Killer Apps- Competition, Modern Science, The Rule Of Law And Private Property Rights, Modern Medicine, The Consumer Society And The Work Ethic. Those Six Things Are The Secret Sauce Of Western Civilization.

The Ascent Of Money Has Been Essential To The Ascent Of Man.

In The Financial Sector, Those Whom The Gods Want To Destroy They First Teach Math.

No Civilization, No Matter How Mighty It May Appear To Itself, Is Indestructible.