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Isolationism In Helen Keller's Speech At Carnegie Hall

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Helen Keller’s “Speech at Carnegie Hall” states the activist’s concerns with actual interests of American Government, especially with the way in which it involves itself in war. She contends that wars are almost never in the best interest of the population and they only serve investors and speculators. Capitalist conflicts are fought to gain or defend the interests of the few and are carried out by the masses. The idea of isolationism is also propagated as it is noted that no nation would be irrational enough to consider an invasion of the United States. However, this viewpoint is not applicable to the increasingly global society that was emerging at the time the commentary was performed. To stand idly while allies are consumed by rivals is

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