It follows that civil disobedience and dissent arise out of very peculiar and specific circumstances and situations, namely, the collapse or the failure of state institutions or state organs. Thus, the past shapes the present, in the sense that certain actions or events led to the situation whereby state institutions or state organs collapsed and … Continue reading Patrimonial States
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Second Note to “The Decline of Liberalism”
As one economist and financial expert said, money and wealth are a lot like basic energy and matter, in the sense that money and wealth are not created or destroyed. Money and wealth simply exchange hands and are transferred. Which means what? Extraction and exclusion on the part of the billionaire class is behind everything … Continue reading Second Note to “The Decline of Liberalism”
Adam A. Azim 