democracy or empire?
Chalmers Johnson is known as San Diego's own Jeremiah. He said in a recent interview, "I'm going to lecture you about history. History tells us there's no such thing as a successful democracy and also a successful empire. You can be one or the other – but you can't be both. If you are a successful empire, it will destroy your democracy. That's essentially why Britain gave up at the end of World War II. They concluded that just after defeating the Nazis, they couldn't continue to use Nazi methods. It wasn't well done, but they preserved their democracy."
“It is the essence of leadership to recognize we've gone the wrong direction,” Johnson said. “We're using the wrong weapons. We don't know what we're doing.”
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