Making America average: I speak, they listen

You've probably heard the complaints that I'm dethroning America. Like giving up the internet root directory at ICANN. So what if China, Russia and Iran can control their people better by only allowing pro-government domain names.  More important is that WE don't make those decisions, but let all countries in on the root directory game.  We shouldn't be forcing our way of thinking about freedom on others; there are more important things like progressive values and everyone being for the people.  Social justice, not everyone's own little castle.

I  just spoke my mind and Tom Wheeler at the FCC caved. That's how it works. I speak, they listen. And the Republicans can't do squat. I'll just veto it.

The same thing with the IRS. I spoke and Lois Lerner listened. We poked those conservatives hard with our IRS. 

The same thing, also, with my Affordable Care Act.  I talked up how important health care insurance was for the people and Justice Roberts just keeled over and changed what the words in the law actually meant to what it didn't mean. A tax is a tax even if it isn't called a tax.  What I saw is what others believe.

The same with Hillary. She was just careless with that email server.  I bet Loretta Lynch is listening to the news on Fox.

And so it goes. Get it? America will be just another place; nothing special - but everyone gets a piece of the pie.

We need to share more - even the ICANN root directory

I think it is important for you to know my philosophy about political discourse on the international stage.

We need to get out of the "America is exceptional" mindset and realize that we are little different than most other countries. We've had a head start in some areas, but we're a colonized country just like Cuba and many other countries. We will have a legacy of racism. We don't need to talk down to leaders like President Raúl Castro. 

If we go to baseball games and the like, we can build positive bonds. We can open up trade and eventually he'll moderate his views. Might be a bit slower, but it beats isolating Cuba and trying to force freedom on them.

That's the same way we can get other countries we call totalitarian to moderate their treatment of their own people.

The ICANN root directory is an easy way to get them to develop a more sensitive approach to their own people.

It's just by accident that we developed the internet first. It's our responsibility to let them join in the management of this technology.

That's how the peace will be won in the world. This is how I see the world.