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Observations on the Cultural Diversity of Non-Western Governments |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / THE DEMOCRATIC MODEL AND THE THIRD WORLD |
| Author: Ernest W. Lefever |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1988 |
| Size: 4,390 Words, 28,147 Characters |
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The term Third World is an artfully ambiguous phrase that embraces both the diversity and common characteristics of the less-developed state of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The realities of the Third World limit the possibilities of both domestic and foreign policy. If the perception of the United States, for example, is clouded by ignorance, illusion, or excessive expectation, unwise policy is the inevitable result.
The age-old question of how men should be governed--especially in complex and plural societies--is vastly complicated in our time by demands for broadly based consent, rising self-consciousness among ethnic and religious groups, and instant, vivid, and universal communications that let virtually everyone look over everyone else's shoulder.
Despite great differe...
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.... By demanding impossible changes, we may be playing into the hands of the totalitarians. We should keep our sense of perspective. As the late Leopold Tyrmand has said: Civilized people should "not burden each other" with their "excessive humanity." Columnist Michael Novak warned his fellow Americans: "One of the best ways to create an immoral foreign policy is to try too hard for a moral one."
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