There is in my mind nothing wrong with being an ideologue as long as the ideologies create better conditions for human societies and are permitted to compete equitably. Most European parliamentary governance is based on this principle, e.g. the UK & France. The Bush administration is not primarily driven by ideology but by the unenlightened self-interest of a plutocracy. Perhaps Amerikan society cum empire started to decline with the assassination of JFK. Paul
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