Wilson was raising America up as the new global colossus based on its moral authority as a universal nation. - Arthur Herman

now with his peace offer on the table, it would be even more imperative that the United States not choose sides, in order to preserve its moral leadership over the planet.

For Lenin, “self-determination” was a clarion call not for democracy and freedom but for revolt and bloodshed that would rock the capitalist imperialist order down to its foundations.

Marx's well-worn dictum that the capitalist will sell you the rope you use to hang him with.