this makes very little sense both in the context of the reagan white house and the political preferences of the average tfm poster, and the irony is most people on here are too simple to understand why.
full quote:
“I never thought of myself as a great man, just a man committed to great ideas. I’ve always believed that individuals should take priority over the state. History has taught me that this is what sets America apart–not to remake the world in our image, but to inspire people everywhere with a sense of their own boundless possibilities. There’s no question I am an idealist, which is another way of saying I am an America.”
Confidence in your country. FaF. Confidence in yourself. TFM.
Seeing as the posters on this website have an extremely right wing stance, your argument is actually the contrary. To be short and not trying to get into a long winded post, political scientists often argue between the use of idealism or realism in our foreign policy. If this were really to be that “American” you would argue more for realism, since realism is described as having the states’ self interests are of higher importance than others. Idealism is a more liberal view, stating that the states’ self interests must also be the same as their foreign policy. Idealism uses the concept of soft power, which is spending money in another countries infrastructure, education, etc. in terms of foreign policy. Realism uses hard power, which is using military or economic power as a means of foreign policy. Judging by the hard right wing posts of this website, I think your post would be looked at negatively by most people, if they really know the true meaning of idealism.
this makes very little sense both in the context of the reagan white house and the political preferences of the average tfm poster, and the irony is most people on here are too simple to understand why.
14 years ago at 5:25 pmfull quote:
14 years ago at 6:31 pm“I never thought of myself as a great man, just a man committed to great ideas. I’ve always believed that individuals should take priority over the state. History has taught me that this is what sets America apart–not to remake the world in our image, but to inspire people everywhere with a sense of their own boundless possibilities. There’s no question I am an idealist, which is another way of saying I am an America.”
Confidence in your country. FaF. Confidence in yourself. TFM.
Seeing as the posters on this website have an extremely right wing stance, your argument is actually the contrary. To be short and not trying to get into a long winded post, political scientists often argue between the use of idealism or realism in our foreign policy. If this were really to be that “American” you would argue more for realism, since realism is described as having the states’ self interests are of higher importance than others. Idealism is a more liberal view, stating that the states’ self interests must also be the same as their foreign policy. Idealism uses the concept of soft power, which is spending money in another countries infrastructure, education, etc. in terms of foreign policy. Realism uses hard power, which is using military or economic power as a means of foreign policy. Judging by the hard right wing posts of this website, I think your post would be looked at negatively by most people, if they really know the true meaning of idealism.
14 years ago at 8:26 pmnice to know there are others out there
14 years ago at 9:16 pmI was about to point out what was wrong with this post but the two gentlemen above already did
14 years ago at 10:45 pm