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Originally Posted by alexamenos
Short of establishing a military presence, how shall we spread economic and political liberty????
Outside of prayer and/or propaganda, the only really proactive thing I can thing that comes to mind is economic sanctions....that is, coercively lower the standard of living in another country by isolating the country....
My point is that it's quite difficult to spread economic and political liberty except by coercive force, and coercively forcing political and economic liberty is a bit like bragging about one's humility.....such acts tend to redound in unpredictable and undesirable ways.
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the answer is really quite simple. surprised you don't grasp it.
free trade, and open (rather than closed) societies.