Francis Fukuyama hates America,
October 28th, 2007
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and is now fervently praying that the Lilliputians tie down Gulliver, NOW.
His latest post concludes:
“America’s founding fathers were motivated by a similar belief that unchecked power, even when democratically legitimated, could be dangerous, which is why they created a constitutional system of internally separated powers to limit the executive.
Such a system does not exist on a global scale today, which may explain how America got into such trouble. A smoother international distribution of power, even in a global system that is less than fully democratic, would pose fewer temptations to abandon the prudent exercise of power.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C10%5C25%5Cstory_25-10-2007_pg3_5
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