{"id":11253,"date":"2014-11-01T01:49:19","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T05:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=11253"},"modified":"2014-11-01T01:49:19","modified_gmt":"2014-11-01T05:49:19","slug":"the-us-wants-to-spread-democratic-values-it-can-start-by-cleaning-up-its-act-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/11\/01\/the-us-wants-to-spread-democratic-values-it-can-start-by-cleaning-up-its-act-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"The US wants to spread democratic values. It can start by cleaning up its act at home."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Christian Caryl:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Larry Diamond, one of America&#8217;s leading scholars on global democracy, brought it up in a rousing speech at a recent conference here in Washington. He noted, with admirable frankness, that &#8220;we can&#8217;t be credible and effective in promoting democracy abroad if we don&#8217;t reform and improve its functioning at home.&#8221; He used to make this point, he said, as one of his last pieces of advice to Americans who aim to offer assistance to would-be democrats abroad. Now, he said, &#8220;it needs to be the first.&#8221; He quoted the old Greek proverb: &#8220;Physician, heal thyself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s not the only one. Just about everyone you meet in the &#8220;democracy bureaucracy&#8221; these days says the same. There&#8217;s a general awareness that democracy is experiencing dark times around the world, and that the attraction of Western models is waning fueled also by Europe&#8217;s continuing financial woes and political inertia&#8230;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>REad more at <a href='http:\/\/www.foreignpolicy.com\/articles\/2014\/10\/31\/the_beacon_dims_america_democracy?utm_content=buffere28bc&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter.com&#038;utm_campaign=buffer'>The Beacon Dims<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Christian Caryl: Larry Diamond, one of America&#8217;s leading scholars on global democracy, brought it up in a rousing speech at a recent conference here in Washington. 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