Really, Stirling Newberry is right. The level of thought at D.kos has dropped to almost nothing--it's all cheerleading. A Dem version of Free Republic.
Your piece was a very nice provocation. Let the slaves of North America envy (and rage about) life in a civilized country! There is a word for this: Ressentiment.
They won't thank you for the idea that a better way is possible. They want to believe that their way is the only way. The Fates are kind.
