Expansion of American Political Thought: A Layperson's Opinion

It is true that by and large Americans have a short memory. I argue that it is true on both sides of the political fence. This allows both sides to engage in the endless cycle of debates about the validity of classical realism and its descendant, the neo-realism advocated by neo-conservatives as opposed to the neo-liberalism advocated by the proponents of the Obama administration that is slowly phasing out the classical liberalism advocated by the older generations of Democrats.

However, by adhering too rigidly to either one or the other schools of thought and their offspring, both the Republicans and Democrats have largely ignored or dismissed the theories advocated by the Rationalists led by Dr. Martin Wight.

While, do not think Rationalism possesses the answer to every socio-political and economic debate or question. I believe that both of the political parties and their partisans would benefit from a study of rationalist theory in the sense that it may broaden the viewpoint of both sides because, as they are now the partisans of both camps are blinded by a degree of tunnel vision not seen in the political arena since Reconstruction.