> "Like vapour, the titanic scheme > is dissipated, > everything grows rusty now > that they created." > > (FGJs poem "Ultima Ratio") > > The words of FGJ could stand as a metaphor > for the utopian schemes of the totalitarian > systems of the 20th century: marxism-leninism, > fascism and national socialism, all three > basically socialist ideologies. > > But if there is no utopia what kind of systems > do we need. No system, we need to see things > as they really are. > > Austrian born Peter F. Drucker, maybe the > clearest observer of America since Alexis de > Tocqueville, claims the important thing is > "to see things as they really are". That is > exactly what political realism and Realpolitik > is. And Drucker holds forward Harry Truman, > the long deceased 33rd U.S. President, effective > in foreign policy, less so in internal politics. > Truman came back from Potsdam understanding that > foreign policy had priority. Churchill and Stalin > knew so much more than Truman. Thus Harry Truman organized > his education. He had what Drucker claims is > "intellectual integrity". > > Drucker, of course, has intellectual integrity himself, > and sees things as they really are. He left Austria in 1937 > because he was one who read Mein Kampf and took the > author of that book at his word. > > Going back to FGJ the commen of EJ when he read the > translation into English of the FGJ poem was "Geduld!" > (Be patient). The question is however: be patient > waiting for what? > > With this somewhat disorganised message best New Years Wishes > 1999 to all listmembers. > > Bertil Haggman
