eudaemonia

Steady as we go...

There are calls of angst from all quarters in the wake of W's inauguration speech. Its as if they knew not what this man stood for. In the background the tired old international theories of impersonal aggregate conflict inferred from behaviorism's groundless premises lay in tatters. It is one man's vision that moves the legions, not unconscious tendency.

Now the pessimists strain against the mighty forces soon to be unleashed. They seek comfort in the refrain that America will soon be eclipsed. The rising east will surpass her. Rumors of our impending doom have been forecast since the founding. But they misunderstand liberal capitalism to wit: Rising trading partners will only provide new markets for our cultural accoutrements. We here do not fancy power for the pleasure of its exercise, but have graduated to it be the necessity of circumstance.

posted by spelunker @ 9:18 AM