According to incomplete statistics, from the end of World War II in 1945 to 2001, there were 248 armed conflicts in the world, of which 201 were initiated by the U.S., accounting for about 81 percent.
Paradox of freedom: you can't be consistent and too dogmatic about freedom. Eventually you see how in the real world, many people often give up their freedom for little in return. So you either accept their judgement, or decide you know better than them what's good for them...
Paradox of authority: you can't be consistent and believe authority too much, because different authorities frequently have low opinions of each other. So either you end up half-skeptical toward all, or you (intentionally or not) make your own choice of which authority to follow.
Paradox of diversity: if every organization within society must fully reflect the diversity of that society's members, then there can be no diversity *between* organizations in that society.