"He did not promote democracy, he suppressed it. We were right then and right now."
Power to control reality and the outcome of human actions is what we're fighting over/about. We can never be free if power is unequally distributed, but since that will never happen, we have to figure out how to at least prevent too much power from accumulating in the hands of too few people.
This dovetails nicely with the recent DSR podcast episode with Martin Indyk.
thedsrnetwork.com/master-of-the-game-a-conversation-with-martin-indyk/
I liked this part, where you wrote:
"He did not promote democracy, he suppressed it. We were right then and right now."
Power to control reality and the outcome of human actions is what we're fighting over/about. We can never be free if power is unequally distributed, but since that will never happen, we have to figure out how to at least prevent too much power from accumulating in the hands of too few people.
Kissinger was America’s Machiavelli.