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November 12, 2021
Title: Eastern Governments and Regimes are Crumbling
Topic: Nation Building Does Not Work. Why?
Discussed by Dr. Lawrence Mead
with Author
Dr. Lawrence Mead is a Professor of Politics at New York
University and the host of the “Poverty and Culture” podcast.
He recently wrote: “Western efforts to promote democracy abroad have mostly failed. Our policymakers have simply ignored the cultural preconditions of freedom… Through migration, the non-West might finally defeat its past conquerors. That is far more to be feared than the fall of Kabul.”
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Questions/Issues Discussed:
What was the greater tragedy of Afghanistan pull-out by the Biden Administration: That the United States was defeated or that the Afghan government collapsed?
Why are regimes crumbling in much of the Middle East, Central America, and Africa? Dr. Mead explains what he means when he says: “They have an insecure basis because they don’t really have government by consent.”
Do government failures trigger waves of migration towards Western countries?
In countries where their governments collapse, is there often no difference between misrule and mayhem? Dr. Mead explains the difference.
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Title: The Rule of Law and Free Societies
Topic: Nation Building Does Not Work. Why?
Discussed by Dr. Lawrence Mead
with Author
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Have Western governments been able to make Democracy work because of the “rule
of law”? Dr. Mead explains that in Western governments “ordinary people
get to pass judgement on the rulers” and in other countries “the
culture doesn’t support the civic values”.
Is the rule of law fading in the United States? Dr. Mead believes that many
immigrants coming from non-Democratic countries have a hard time adjusting to
the government in the US, especially illegal immigrants.
What are some of the cultural pre-conditions of free societies?
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Title: Patience and Persistence
Topic: Nation Building Does Not Work. Why?
Discussed by Dr. Lawrence Mead
with Author
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Is civility a core value necessary for freedom to flourish? Dr. Mead says: “This
is the first thing a government must achieve” and uses the IRS as an
example to explain.
How can we, as Americans, help immigrants learn how to live in a freedom-loving
country? Dr. Mead warns that this cannot happen overnight; we must have patience
and persistence.
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here to order your copy of Dr. Mead’s book: “Burdens of Freedom:
Cultural Difference and American Power”.
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June 28, 2019
Title: Burdens of Freedom: Cultural Difference and American Power
Topic: Book Review
Discussed by Dr. Lawrence Mead
with Author
Part 1 of 2
Dr. Lawrence M. Mead is Professor of Politics and Public Policy at
New York University and author of the new book, “Burdens
of Freedom: Cultural Difference and American Power”. He has been a visiting professor at
Harvard, Princeton, and the University of Wisconsin.
Dr. Mead is an expert on the problems of poverty and welfare in the United States and is the principal advocate of work requirements in welfare, the approach that now dominates national policy.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
What is the difference between “individualism” and “collectivism”?
Without being immersed in the English language, will the immigrants/migrants now coming to America have more difficulties in assimilating into the freedoms and responsibilities of Americans?
What created America’s distinctive individualist culture?
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Title: Part 2 of 2 - Burdens of Freedom: Cultural Difference and American Power
Topic: Book Review
Discussed by Dr. Lawrence Mead
with Author
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Is it difficult for immigrants to assimilate into today’s American culture?
In Asian and Latin America, is it more difficult to escape the cycle of
inter-generational poverty as compared to being born into poverty in America?
DDr. Mead’s book, “Burdens of Freedom: Cultural Difference and American Power”,
is the only book discussing cultural differences like this. Is he now being
labeled a “racist”?
If we fail to recognize the cultural difference, will America split into two
(more than it already has)?br />
Are the same opportunities and resources that are offered to American citizens
available to immigrants?
AAre work requirements good or bad?
Should every high school and college student read Dr. Mead’s new book, “Burdens
of Freedom: Cultural Difference and American Power”?
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