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Economic rights (n.) such ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠as food, housing and medical care were waved away by Reagan's UN ambassador as a letter to Santa Claus, though they stand in the Universal Declaration beside all the rest.

Misery (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠by one cold-war ambassador's comforting logic, bearable when familiar — the way children of untouchables learn the skills their roles demand.

The Vietnam War (n.) taught ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠us that the United States could not serve as the world's policeman, nor as the world's midwife to democracy when the birth is scheduled to take place under conditions of guerrilla war.