Comments on: The Implausibility of Liberal Revolution http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/2009/06/30/the-implausibility-of-liberal-revolution/ Culture, Politics, Academia and Other Shiny Objects Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:45:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: nord http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/2009/06/30/the-implausibility-of-liberal-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-6720 nord Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:42:00 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=913#comment-6720 Very good post. One thing that has struck me is how well some of these regimes send their children to the US for college. What do you say to someone who is the son/daughter of the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army in one of these countries? My experience at Swarthmore is that they learn the language and process of liberal activism and use that to build a colonialism-based excuse as to why their gov't is what it is. Not that many of them go back there - it seems the reward for being a bureaucrat of a dictator is the hope that your children will lead a better life ... in America. Divest from Sudan? How about not allowing any children of the current government from studying/traveling/living in the US? Very good post. One thing that has struck me is how well some of these regimes send their children to the US for college. What do you say to someone who is the son/daughter of the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army in one of these countries? My experience at Swarthmore is that they learn the language and process of liberal activism and use that to build a colonialism-based excuse as to why their gov’t is what it is. Not that many of them go back there – it seems the reward for being a bureaucrat of a dictator is the hope that your children will lead a better life … in America.

Divest from Sudan? How about not allowing any children of the current government from studying/traveling/living in the US?

]]> By: NadavT http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/2009/06/30/the-implausibility-of-liberal-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-6719 NadavT Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:23:31 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=913#comment-6719 Penetrating and depressing insight, as usual. I really appreciate how you use your deep understanding of socio-political dynamics in post-colonial regimes to offer unique perspectives on contemporary world affairs. Sort of related to your discussion of authoritarian regimes, I just stumbled across Robert Altemeyer's book on authoritarian trends in U.S. politics. Are you familiar with his work, and do you have any opinions on his approach? Penetrating and depressing insight, as usual. I really appreciate how you use your deep understanding of socio-political dynamics in post-colonial regimes to offer unique perspectives on contemporary world affairs.

Sort of related to your discussion of authoritarian regimes, I just stumbled across Robert Altemeyer’s book on authoritarian trends in U.S. politics. Are you familiar with his work, and do you have any opinions on his approach?

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