Why They Hate Us

A well-written turn on America's continued lack of success in the popularity beauty pageant.

Why are we unpopular at the United Nations? Consider the U.N.'s membership list. Most of the so-called nation-states are anything but. Sure, they have Rand McNally borders, but they aren't modern states rooted in legitimate, popular authority. These hoaxes are areas controlled by the primitive sovereignty of tyranny, empires of fear where autocrats (often backed by a favored ethnic group, a tribe with a flag) call the shots.

Yeah, they hate us. The autocrats running the fake states hate us because they fear the liberty that empowers us will encourage their oppressed to topple them.

And that's happening. Satellite Tv puts the First Amendment in orbit around the globe; the Internet slips it into every home. The USSR's evil Stalinist apparatus couldn't handle the globalizing First Amendment. Post-Cold War thugs can't, either. Communications technology undermines the dictators. Who "programs" the First Amendment? We can kavetch about Hollywood's often smutty fare, but the truth is every American programs the First Amendment. That scares the tyrants.

So they hate us.