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Atlantica: A Threat to American Freedom
Foreign Policy July 2, 2009 | Mail a friend | |
In Roland Emmerich’s latest disaster movie 2012 the alignment of our solar system’s planetary bodies during the winter solstice in three years will cause the Earth to topple from its axis. This leads to the end of the world.
And three years later it is likely to get even worse, because "there is a movement in the U.S. Congress to create a transatlantic free trade area by 2015." That’s the impression I get from Rick Biondi’s warning in The Examiner. Apparently the creation of such a free trade area will lead to a horrible "Europeanization of America:"
Europeans have always favored the rule of law and collective order over liberty. Worshippers of foreign philosophies in Congress are embarrassed by this rift, and are working hard with President Obama to reverse it through ideological capitulation.
To effectively unite Atlantica, many policymakers believe we need to meet our European friends in the middle. In essence, we must become more progressive, so our political and economic agendas can harmoniously merge on a transatlantic level. The Europeanization of America is a deliberate and calculated agenda. Once Americans are conditioned to accept and live under more socialistic ideals, a true Atlantic community can effectively be negotiated.
I find his choice of words hilarious ("Atlantica," ideological capitulation," "calculated agenda," and "conditioned to accept") and his concerns truly fascinating as they reveal such different values.
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