Code for 'Make US the leader of the world again!'

    Once upon a time, when the civilized country of Germany allowed Hitler to rule on the grounds of the false claims in biological science that hailed the Aryan Race as the model of perfection in human development, the US became the leader of the Western world in a struggle against Fascism in both Italy and Germany.  Through WWII and for several decades thereafter, the United States, by championing scientific innovation, continued to lead the Free World; and the countries aligned with it. as if it were the parent of a sometimes recalcitrant brood of kids--those in need of  training and guidance, and  occasionally, scolding and correction!
     Meantime, other nations emerged on the global scene, such as China and African Third World entities in search of the knowledge and know how, which the US was providing to its Western allies.  These "backward countries" were smart learners--sending their leaders' offspring to universities and colleges in the US to be trained in the ways promulgated according to scientific rules and principles. 
     What resulted is that the United States maintained its position of leadership as it evolved a global economy through the decades after WWII, dominated by a class of decision-makers known as technocrats, all sharing a common core of knowledge and practices approved through scientific inquiry.  And the emerging global economy took on a nomenclature of its own centered around the concept of Globalization, understood as a technocratic economy controlled by technocrats. thoroughly trained in the application of scientific knowledge to the world's problems.
     Before WWII, globalization was in the works worldwide but more narrowly engineered.  Ever since the 17the Century, Europe ventured forth into the hinterlands of Asia and India and Africa for sake of trade and commerce for resources and raw materials that could be used in the manufacture of goods back home.  Thus, the rise of commercial giant nations as the Netherlands, then England and France dominating the sea lanes, bearing all kinds of goods for exchange with the less
technologically advanced countries, but resource rich. What globalization added was that countries designated Third World could become just as advanced as the most advanced in the West--yes, and that includes even as advanced as the US!   And, as more and more of once 'backward nations' are ever gaining in their wealth and power, the less there is need of a teacher-nation to dominate the world scene, bingo: the US loses its political posture as 'king of the hill.'  

'Make the US the leader of the world again!'
      So now, in this Presidential election year, there is a whole political group of "Conservatives" who yearn for the good old days when the United States "taught" the rest of the world how to live in accordance with the technocratic rules and principles developed through science.  And they point to Iran  in order to claim that there's still need for an all-knowing eye of scientific acumen.  But if so, they have yet to demonstrate that it is the US who should assume that role in the modern era.  And it is far less compelling that the US has something unique to offer, since the world already lives in technocracy.
     Better is the model espoused by the Iranians that all nations should be treated as equal partners in a joint venture of cooperation to overcome social and political differences that threaten world peace and tranquility. According to this plan, no nation is 'king of the hill'; and differences existing among nations must be settled through negotiation whenever such differences need resolve.  Interesting, this is precisely the position of President Obama.