Samantha Power, the Monster, and the Libyan Intervention. | 103 comments (103 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Curtis (4.00 / 3)

It'll probably be filed under "early developments in the ideological justification for the colonial expeditions of managed democracies."

- Jake

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Fri Apr 1st, 2011 at 08:44:37 AM EST
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Re: Curtis (4.00 / 4)

Remember the moral obligation to purge Africa of Arab slave traders, even if it meant to carry the white man's burden to stay a while and civilize the place.

I think in the long run "humanitarian intervention" will be sorted in a long tradition of propaganda to motivate war.

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by A swedish kind of death on Fri Apr 1st, 2011 at 03:50:15 PM EST
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Re: Curtis (4.00 / 2)

Indeed I did not mean to suggest that "early developments" referred to justifications for colonialism. It was meant to refer to the fact that we are still early in the life of managed democracy, and the propaganda and other management tools will presumably become more sophisticated with time.

- Jake

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Fri Apr 1st, 2011 at 09:08:28 PM EST
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Samantha Power, the Monster, and the Libyan Intervention. | 103 comments (103 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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