I just ran into these two pieces:
What it takes to keep civilisation
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/arc ... ople/57384
And what it takes to destroy it:
http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/20 ... ilization/
These forces are always at work outside and within working to destroy even when they themselves go with it:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/s ... =firefox-a
What it takes to keep civilisation
A point I try to make from time to time. I don't think these people even realize they are responsible for the deaths of millions. Jimmy Carter has not the first clue about the massive amount of death which currently lays at his feet.
http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/ ... eir-hands/
Of all the mass murderers, genocidaires and enablers of the twentieth century, one group of collaborators does not get its fair share of condemnation and moral loathing. Unfortunately Americans have never really come to terms with the terrible things they did, we have never really named and shamed them, and we have never diagnosed and exposed the bad ideas that led to some of America’s most fateful and costly blunders. Until we do, our society is at risk of repeating these errors.
http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/ ... eir-hands/