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Originally posted by cool_chick
Ever notice how we didn't have any foreign enemy to speak of (apart from England, when we seceded from their rule) until the 20th century, coincidently when we became interventionists?
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In one word, yes.
That was what the "progressives" of the late 19th and early 20th century were all about. Bringing various "progressive" ideologies to "backward" countries for their own good, either with their cooperation or with killing them until they cooperated, i.e. the Philipines in the case of the US government. It killed over 200,000 filipinos with a loss of about 5000 US servicemen, wiping out entire villages Liddice style, only more of them.
Interventionism was funded by the alleged change in the taxing power of the US government fostered by the 16th Amendment, and with voting for these "improvements" in government authority and power eased by the 17th Amendment.
Until we erase at least those two Amendments Americans will have a hard time bringing the federal government back under control.