> Brain-draining the world is really the key to cementing American Hegemony in a post-Cold War world.
Why should we want that instead of an orderly, well-governed democracy? Do you think people in Sweden or Denmark are upset their countries aren't hegemons?
And what would that do to the country? Do you really think that, say, the top 5% of India and China (100 million people) would do better maintaining a democracy than median Iowans? That's a real bet that your assumptions about how society works actually reflect reality.
Why should we want that instead of an orderly, well-governed democracy? Do you think people in Sweden or Denmark are upset their countries aren't hegemons?
And what would that do to the country? Do you really think that, say, the top 5% of India and China (100 million people) would do better maintaining a democracy than median Iowans? That's a real bet that your assumptions about how society works actually reflect reality.