1914 and All That: How much was a result of what we now know to be the bat-shit crazy idea that empires were even marginally beneficial to "metropolitan" countries much less essential their (e.g. Germany's) prosperity?
“Civil society” is really “those not in the government who can discuss, organize, and effectively pressure it by threatening to mobilize.” It is an interesting concept indeed...
"support Republican ideas about budget-cutting" Uh .... Like the "Tax Cuts for the Rich and Deficits Act of 2017?
Yep! It was remarkable to have managed to write a capital gains tax cut that did not provide incentives to boost investment!
Not hard if your goal is upward income distribution.
Touché...
You are not playing by my rules. I come here to have my extreme neo-liberal views moderated, not affirmed. ;)
Sorry… ;-)
1914 and All That: How much was a result of what we now know to be the bat-shit crazy idea that empires were even marginally beneficial to "metropolitan" countries much less essential their (e.g. Germany's) prosperity?
A lot!
If you define "civil society" as "those who really run things", then they certainly were not angels then and aren't now.
But while there can be dispute about that, there can hardly be any that the press was wildly irresponsible both times.
“Civil society” is really “those not in the government who can discuss, organize, and effectively pressure it by threatening to mobilize.” It is an interesting concept indeed...
That's what I meant in my first sentence, though I didn't phrase it all that well. So, as some would say, touché.