I'm a fan of Steven den Beste's work, even when what he writes is impenetrable to my brain. I'm no longer exactly sure how I ran across this article, but it's a good one to explain "another side" on the global playing field.

Transational Progressivism is, as always, a long-form essay on a topic. It's wholly worth reading, and I suggest that you do so. I'm fond of getting inside the other guy's head (the better to defeat you!) and this helps. If you've ever sat down and asked, "Did IQs just drop sharply while I was away?" in response to a lot of the non-governmental organization whining that seems to go on (or that from the 'Europeans' in Brussels), this will explain things.

The scary thing for me is that I had a professor in undergraduate who heartily embraced these sorts of theories. He used to wax long and eloquent about the greatness of international law, and how it was a good thing. Naturally, he wasn't very pleased when I quipped (more loudly than I should have, in retrospect) that, "International law consists of those things that your navy can enforce". He was also very fond of the European Union. (You also could have done the assignments, which might have helped. --Ed.)

Yeah, my grades from him usually suffered. That is not to say that I was 'punished' for my stances, but it is difficult to excel in a class where one don't grant some of the initial premises that the class is based upon.

I was and am an ardent nationalist who isn't particularly interested in bending America's knee to the United Nations or any other unelected, unaccountable, and unrepublican establishment. (At the same time, there's usefulness left in the UN, and I wouldn't pull out. It just needs a structural tweak or two and then it could be better.)

Anyways, enough from me. Get thee to the article, and learn more about the people who sit on a different side of the table. It's important to know what they're thinking, even if you and I think it's bunk. Whether it is or not is completely irrelevant; the point is that this is how they think and everyone else must position themselves accordingly.

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