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Benjamin Martin: "May I sit with you?"
Charlotte Selton: "It's a free country. Or at least it will be."
--The Patriot

George Soros's proposal for a 'New World Architecture' exemplifies the UN-like viewpoint of putting the entire world under a single governing umbrella.

Mr Soros bases his argument on the claim that the US economic model, which he labels 'international capitalism' (but never subsequently defines), is dysfunctional. Rather than offering rationale as to why this model is or became ineffective, he suggests that the world needs to create a new order grounded in global planning and oversight.

Because Mr Soros tends to view the world thru a socialistic lens, he may truly believe that such a structure will lead to improvement.

An alternative view is that the world's economic problems have been driven by escalating levels of precisely what Mr Soros claims we need more of: government intervention. Over the past century, such intervention has increasingly crowded out free markets in favor of centrally planned alternatives destined to fail at some point.

And fail they have.

Because countries represent sovereign entities, it is not the business of others to dictate how a nation should organize economically. The United States has not been innocent in this regard, we have often meddled in the affairs of others.

It's time we stopped this.

America would best serve the world by throwing off the shackles that bind markets from operating freely. Our trade with others should be open and unhindered as well. No special alliances (e.g., NAFTA), no embargos (e.g., Cuba, Iran).

The best policy the U.S. could adopt is one that fully expresses the liberty won by our Founders. For the better part of 200 years, the world observed and learned from the actions of a freedom-loving American people. They saw that we so loved freedom that we were willing to die for it.

We need to get back to actions grounded in the principle of liberty.

A world managed by bureaucratic planners is not what we need. A United States that returns to its libertarian roots is the best contribution that our country can give to the world.