One part Great Man Theory, one part refusal to accept that citizens in AES countries can support their political economies for reasons other than fear.
Imagine supporting a western political economy for reasons other than fear. I don’t say what’s on my heart for fear of an FBI visit. There’s no love lost between me and the country I exist in. As an academic exercise for the purpose of education, the only reason I don’t leak state secrets is that I don’t have any.
Liberalism and Great Man Theory go hand in hand.
One part Great Man Theory, one part refusal to accept that citizens in AES countries can support their political economies for reasons other than fear.
Imagine supporting a western political economy for reasons other than fear. I don’t say what’s on my heart for fear of an FBI visit. There’s no love lost between me and the country I exist in. As an academic exercise for the purpose of education, the only reason I don’t leak state secrets is that I don’t have any.