People Know Elections, Like Television Commercials, Are

Americans Cannot Teach Democracy To The World Until They Restore Their Own.

The Great Multinationals Are Unwilling To Face The Moral And Economic Contradictions Of Their Own Behavior - Producing In Low-wage Dictatorships And Selling To High-wage Democracies. Indeed, The Striking Quality About Global Enterprises Is How Easily Free-market Capitalism Puts Aside Its Supposed Values In Order To Do Business. The Conditions Of Human Freedom Do Not Matter To Them So Long As The Market Demand Is Robust. The Absence Of Freedom, If Anything, Lends Order And Efficiency To Their Operations.

The Present Struggle Seems Less About Abolishing Big Government Than About Who Gets To Use It.

If One Benefits Tangibly From The Exploitation Of Others Who Are Weak, Is One Morally Implicated In Their Predicament? Or Are Basic Rights Of Human Existence Confined To The Civilized Societies That Are Wealthy Enough To Afford Them? Our Values Are Defined By What We Will Tolerate When It Is Done To Others.

The Threat To Globalization Is Not The Wasted American Dollars But Washington's Readiness To Mix Us Commercial Interests With Its Self-appointed Role As Global Protector.