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Submitted by Ira Levine (United States), Jun 15, 2006 at 17:46

I have always thought that Thomas Friedman is a fraud and a poseur. His thesis that a desire for "economic prosperity" trumps religion, passion and ideology is absurd. I assume his model is Europe; but Europe had to exhaust itself through centuries of warfare. And now look at Europe: stagnant economies, declining birthrates and decadent societies!

People need an ideology, something to believe passionately. I am a confirmed democrat (small "d"). What the world needs is a belief in God and an ideology that is expressed with passion: the ideology of a republican/democratic constitutional government based on the respect for the rights of the individual.

Friedman should not spread the gospel of markets, but the gospel of freedom, republican/democratic freedom!

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Great work! [185 words]rickJun 21, 2006 17:2548012
Friedman quotations [40 words]laz schneiderJun 16, 2006 16:5547785
"Friends of Thomas Friedman" [13 words]E. J. BlumbergJun 16, 2006 16:0647778
Thomas Friedman [120 words]Ira LevineJun 15, 2006 17:4647731
Tom Friedman's influence drastically reduced due to TimesSelect [90 words]Mark JamesJun 15, 2006 16:0847729

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