Speaking of other ideals that other cultures had first-the Chinese invented the idea of revolutions. And a way to justify the succession of one government to another. In the West the mere idea of a change to the system was unthinkable, which is why the string of disasters from 1789-1991 happened. I find it telling that Western society tried to keep putting the Djinn back in the bottle only to find out that surprise, surprise the monarchies were unable to stop the Revolutions.
This where the rest of the world had already had freedom for intellectuals to publish and in China at least the Jeffersonian ideal of how to refresh the tree of liberty since, oh.....the 11th Century BC......
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Date: 4/5/10 15:44 (UTC)This where the rest of the world had already had freedom for intellectuals to publish and in China at least the Jeffersonian ideal of how to refresh the tree of liberty since, oh.....the 11th Century BC......