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Monday, October 3, 2011

The repugican attempt to turn US into France

Reading Francis Fukuyama's The Origins of Political Order, one is struck by some of the features of the French Ancien Regime:
  • The state was constantly at war.
  • The rich were exempt from taxation.
  • The constant wars and tax cuts for the rich resulted in an enormous debt.
  • Innovation was focused on moving money, not investments that generated wealth.
  • The elite were entirely self-absorbed in their own interests, regarding the common people with contempt.
  • Elections were corrupted and eventually eliminated.
Sound familiar?

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