Tag Archives: Centralized Failure

Globalization – A Strategy for Recovery

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Curtis Greco

The abstract notion of Globalization needs to be revisited.  Proposed and instituted as if it was an inevitable maturation of Capitalism,  many are starting to question the legitimacy as well as the durability of this theoretical ruse.  An edited version of a much larger presentation, still, the points worth considering are still included.

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Centralizing Failure

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Curtis Greco

Henry Louis Mencken, in my opinion, refined the greatest risk to the republican form of government in a supremely elegant phrase;

 

“The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.”

 

Just yesterday, as I was driving to my office, a California Highway Patrol Officer invited me to suspend my efforts by directing me to the side of the road. As he approached my window, I was recycling the past few moments through my head attempting to identify the transgression having captured his attention. I wasn’t speeding, I hadn’t been talking on my cell phone, I hadn’t changed lanes without a signal – I was at a loss.  Read more...

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