On Friday, January 2, 2015 9:30:24 PM UTC, Alberto G.Corona wrote: > > Indeed. Popper had a very naive conception of human nature. > > If "error correction" were the hallmark of democracy, then the keynessian > economic measures used now to fight the crisis, that are so convenient for > the ruling elite -because they increase the size of the leviatan state- > would never have been used again after the crisis of the 70's. >
IMHO: The striking thing about the Soviet system was how quickly it succumbed to corruption. It's hard to estimate because it happened so quickly. There doesn't seem to be a 'honeymoon'. But then again, it wasn't about socialism but brutal genocide. Whatever. The corruption factor is still legitimate even so. The West....was a beautiful thing. It ran for....oh I don't know the answer to that one. But while it ran...wow. Science, checks and balances, a new vision of a holistic society. You are right that Christianity was front and centre of that world. That world that is gone. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
