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RE: Why do we fight to change the world?

Whoa nice to see the real you on here (perhaps you've done this before, I don't know). While "politics" isn't fun to bring up in a forum, and wasn't nearly the point of your tome, the way that beginning to end you tied your philosophy to "free market solutions" kept reminding me of something. In 2004 I met the Libertarian candidate for President, Michael Badnarik, and was allowed to attend a fairly small dinner/meet and greet afterwards.. There he summed up why Libertarians are "pro" strong economic ties with other nations, and against foreign wars by saying "You create a situation where despite your perhaps opposing ideologies, it's really not in your best interest to bomb your best customers" and in the same breath tied the concept of "world peace" to a thriving, global free market. Don't mean to fill up space here, but many parts of your article kept bringing me back to that "aha" moment.
To that, and to the movie Braveheart. Thanks for the really good read.