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Concerning that recent DrumBeat post about the Russian professor's prediction that the U.S. will fragment within a few short years: I didn't take the article too seriously, but after seeing what happened yesterday after the appointment of the Senator from Illinois I now wonder.
It amazed me how all these people with the fancy titles don't understand how constitutional government is supposed to work. Do they even teach about constitutional government in 4th Grade anymore?
Even in professional settings procedural operation is often put aside for convenience. We have these mechanical infrastructure failures because the inspection process was-
Oh never mind. You all have a Happy and Healthy New Year.
Iggy,
Denninger this morning is on about the Fed and Congress blatantly ignoring the constitution with a number of their recent actions. Then the Whiskey and Gunpowder update was a re-print of Thoreau's essay on Civil Disobedience. How timely...
For those interested in socio-political cycles, found this today:
http://www.irows.ucr.edu/papers/irows34/irows34.htm
I've only skimmed it, but it is a very nice discussion of various looks at cycles and the rise and fall of states. Their concept of upward sweeps is interesting and may be informative in assessing progressions in the short term.
Warning: the paper is narrowly focused on the political spectrum. Those who will dismiss anything not including energy descent should not read this. I find it useful as far as the theory takes it.
Cheers