Tuesday, September 16, 2008
All Things Are Connected
As they say, all things are connected. The Reagan Administration brought criminal governance to America, and consequently a culture of fraud. That culture could not go on forever, and now we are paying the price.
Forecasting our future might be as simple as looking at the Argentinean experience, or as complex as examining the economic and religious hysteria of the 14th century as portrayed by Barbara Tuchman in A Distant Mirror. Given America’s exotic religious inclinations and economic system, I know which I’d place my bets on, but either way, public panic and private despair are phenomena we as activist scholars are going to have to deal with.
Fortunately, there are some excellent thinkers available to aid us in this task.
Forecasting our future might be as simple as looking at the Argentinean experience, or as complex as examining the economic and religious hysteria of the 14th century as portrayed by Barbara Tuchman in A Distant Mirror. Given America’s exotic religious inclinations and economic system, I know which I’d place my bets on, but either way, public panic and private despair are phenomena we as activist scholars are going to have to deal with.
Fortunately, there are some excellent thinkers available to aid us in this task.
