tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post365702602702346179..comments2024-03-29T02:03:49.151-04:00Comments on History Unfolding: The lives of nationsDavid Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020082243968071584noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-19728549298344633572013-06-06T16:07:05.831-04:002013-06-06T16:07:05.831-04:00For some time I have shared your pessimism regardi...For some time I have shared your pessimism regarding the end of the New Deal. However, there is a glimmer of hope showing in the South, and in many of the red states. The younger generation is far more progressive than ours. Here is a series of three articles that cause me to see some light at the end of this very long tunnel.<br /><br />http://prospect.org/article/end-solid-southDAnglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15640249980275890593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-37692072579473423302013-06-01T16:45:33.112-04:002013-06-01T16:45:33.112-04:00Professor
many thanks for this blog installment.
...Professor<br /><br />many thanks for this blog installment.<br /><br />Regarding much, of great interest, here, I would nevertheless advert to an earlier comment I had made:<br /><br />"Professor<br /><br />Many thanks for this post.<br /><br />Re ' peace at last '<br /><br />Didn't Chamberlain say something like ' peace in our time '.....<br /><br />Lately I have mused that a return to territorial aristocracy and monarchy, if not also imperialism, were it Western, would be a lesser of evils than the anarchic laissez faire, liberal, Eastern tending, civilizational chaos, now unfolding, which we have foisted first on the European ancient regime since WW I, and on the world in the 20th century.<br /><br />all the best"<br /><br />That still seems to be a position I am willing to return to, going forward. <br /><br />I see little reason, back then, (WW I), or now, in trying to make the world safe for our brand of democracy. <br /><br />Many other possible chains of discussion are possible, in connection with a road not taken, so to speak, but those have seldom been sketched out at all by American policy makers.<br /><br />all the best,Bozonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078858723231122013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-54734943421475343232013-06-01T09:50:41.556-04:002013-06-01T09:50:41.556-04:00Nice post David and I agree that it appears the Ay...Nice post David and I agree that it appears the Ayn Rand "self-interests" model has drawn in too many poorly informed citizens that would otherwise be more inclined to support the general welfare of society that government was intended to serve.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13733155849517667884noreply@blogger.com