Sunday, May 14, 2006

What is it about dictators ...

... certain ones anyway, that appeals to intellectuals, certain ones anyway? Ian Baruma: Thank you, my foolish friends in the West .

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  1. Anonymous3:29 PM

    I think the article itself answers it in its conclusion: part of the reason is power worship, and part of it is because Chavez is pretty vocal in his opposition to America and her current foreign policy which endears him to much of the media which also opposes it, despite Chavez' own behavior.

    I've never understood the desire some Americans have to bash their own country.

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  2. An attractive sociopath will always be charming and gather crowds. (Kurt Vonnegut)

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