“The nation-state remains the true foundation of happiness and harmony.”
Who said it? Kim Jong-il? Kim Jong-un? Mao? No: Donald Trump.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Happy, harmonious nation-state
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Nancy, October 19, 1950.
“Who are we as a country?”
Michael Leddy
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Nos plus grandes craintes, comme nos plus grandes espérances, ne sont pas au-dessus de nos forces, et nous pouvons finir par dominer les unes et réaliser les autres. [Our worst fears, like our greatest hopes, are not outside our powers, and we can come in the end to triumph over the former and to achieve the latter.]
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Remember the old movie Rollerball with James Caan? Society after the demise of the nation-state. That movie shaped my worldview, I think.
If I’m remembering the right movie, it wasn’t very pretty.
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