Saturday, May 21, 2005
QUOTE OF THE DAY
The Godfather proclaimeth:
The Godfather proclaimeth:
The fully developed welfare state is a modern version of the feudal castle, guarded by moats and barriers, and offering security and shelter to the loyal population that gathers around it. Ironically, this means that in world affairs the poorer nations that are not welfare states, not nearly as risk averse since they have so little to lose, will be (as they are already becoming) the activist countries, the ones that create the crises and set the international agenda. The most powerful nations in the world--economically, technologically, even militarily--will become citadels of resistance and nothing more.
Irving Kristol, February 3rd, 1997
Labels: global affairs, nation, politics, quote
