{"id":4494,"date":"2017-08-22T11:04:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T15:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zeroaggressionproject.org\/?p=4494"},"modified":"2017-08-22T11:04:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T15:04:09","slug":"defining-isolationism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/perry-willis\/defining-isolationism\/","title":{"rendered":"Are statists the real isolationists?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>John McCain is an isolationist. Libertarians aren&#8217;t. Here&#8217;s why&#8230;<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZAPtheState\/status\/900013929367293953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Retweet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s plans &amp; progress&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We\u2019re making great progress on our new Nolan Chart survey, the Political Conscience Test. We&#8217;ll show you a prototype, probably this week.<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019ve added a new collection to our Mental Lever mini-articles &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeroaggressionproject.org\/mental-levers\/our-lexicon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Our Lexicon!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Words have power&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clear words lead to clear thinking<\/li>\n<li>Confused words lead to mental chaos<\/li>\n<li>Statists use words in a highly chaotic way<\/li>\n<li>We can gain ground by giving words coherent definitions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To be effective agents of change we must also be effective <strong>linguistic entrepreneurs<\/strong>. We must mold the language in a rational direction. Our first entry in this new collection deals with the following words and phrases&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Intervention<\/li>\n<li>Non-intervention<\/li>\n<li>Isolationism<\/li>\n<li>Cultural engagement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Can we show that statists like John McCain and Lindsey Graham are the real isolationists? Check out our newest Mental Lever &#8212; \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeroaggressionproject.org\/mental-lever\/statist-isolationism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Does the common definition of isolationism make sense?<\/a>&#8221; &#8212; and decide for yourself. If you like our presentation please share it with others.<\/p>\n<p>More progress coming soon!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>ZAP The State and have a nice day,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Perry Willis &amp; Jim Babka<br \/>\nCo-creators of the Zero Aggression Project<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are libertarians the real advocates of international engagement?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[404,285,147,148,405,406,407,408,57,150,11,409,410,142],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Are statists the real isolationists? - ZAP - Zero Aggression Project<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/perry-willis\/defining-isolationism\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Are statists the real isolationists? 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