The Palace of Crystal: A World Without WarWar has blighted the security and happiness of humanity from time immemorial, but when two hundred years ago the colonies in North America broke away from British rule and established the United States, it was seen as a hopeful promise for the peoples of the world. A new democracy had been launched wherein all (or at least, the majority) were deemed to be created equal in respect of their rights, and were citizens and not subjects, in a land of self-confident individualism, which was not only free of the hereditary-based authoritarianism of the Old World, but more significantly, seemed destined to live at peace with the great nation states beyond their frontiers. It was a nation where government was minimised to ensure freedom in the spheres of commerce, religion, and private life, but the ideals of universal concord were not so easily to be achieved by either the efforts of this new people, or by the world at large. |
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... individuals were easy prey and groups needed the strongest leader they could get , a strong leadership had great ... individual . But times have changed . A social structure that is suitable for a troupe of baboons is bound to be ...
... individuals were easy prey and groups needed the strongest leader they could get , a strong leadership had great ... individual . But times have changed . A social structure that is suitable for a troupe of baboons is bound to be ...
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... individuals , groups , and nations " . ( Note that according to these definitions , there is an intermediate stage ... individual rights , leading to the notion that government should obtrude as little as possible in society , being ...
... individuals , groups , and nations " . ( Note that according to these definitions , there is an intermediate stage ... individual rights , leading to the notion that government should obtrude as little as possible in society , being ...
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... individuals make it to the top ? With hindsight it is clear that if a simple criterion had been in place barring any dangerous psychopathic individual from high office , the history of our species would have been very different , and ...
... individuals make it to the top ? With hindsight it is clear that if a simple criterion had been in place barring any dangerous psychopathic individual from high office , the history of our species would have been very different , and ...
Contents
Consequences | 9 |
Chapter Two The Changing face of War | 17 |
Chapter Three Stony Ground | 29 |
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