Monday, May 7, 2012

Beyond Blue Part Two: Recasting The Dream

via meadia walter russell mead

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And just as the perceived necessity for centralization gradually influenced the Supreme Court to take an expansive view of federal authority in the progressive era, the perceived advantages of decentralization (combined with a revival of “originalist” jurisprudence) are pulling the pendulum in the other direction today.
Comment:

Nice correlation with ace's post with respect to changing the state's relationship to the individual.  Could it be the key to this election?

What could happen here is that more and more people will drop off the grid and become like the farmers of yesteryear.  They will be able to provide for themselves with increasing tendency towards independence and less towards interconnectedness and dependency.  After all, if machines are doing everything, what will people do with themselves?  They can take care of themselves for the most part.  The machines will take the place of jobs, so more and more people will need a way to feed themselves and provide for themselves.

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