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Dec. 6th, 2011 01:54 pm
[personal profile] mlr
...in principle, simply the existence of totalitarian states is an affront to democratic values. Totalitarian governments throw their political opponents into prison or kill them; they pursue genocidal policies toward their own people and try to dominate their weaker neighbors. If democratic governments are not committed to the abolition of such regimes—sooner or later, by some means or other—then their foreign policies are not worth much.

Louis Menand in a book review of George F. Kennan: An American Life by John Lewis Gaddis

Date: 2011-12-07 07:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] holy13nation.livejournal.com
Having just read the review...what leaves the most impression is how generous he was with his misanthropy.

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