A Civilization Is Complicated, In The First

The Argument That The Two Parties Should Represent Opposed Ideals And Policies, One, Perhaps, Of The Right And The Other Of The Left, Is A Foolish Idea Acceptable Only To Doctrinaire And Academic Thinkers.

The West Believes That Man And The Universe Are Both Complex And That The Apparently Discordant Parts Of Each Can Be Put Into A Reasonably Workable Arrangement With A Little Good Will, Patience, And Experimentation.

In Addition To Their Power Over Government Based On Government Financing And Personal Influence, Bankers Could Steer Governments In Ways They Wished Them To Go By Other Pressures.

When Goods Are Exchanged Between Countries, They Must Be Paid For By Commodities Or Gold. They Cannot Be Paid For By The Notes, Certificates, And Checks Of The Purchaser's Country, Since These Are Of Value Only In The Country Of Issue.

No Slave System Has Ever Been Able To Continue To Function On The Slaves Provided By Its Own Biological Reproduction Because The Rate Of Human Reproduction Is Too Slow And The Expense From Infant Mortality And Years Of Unproductive Upkeep Of The Young Make This Prohibitively Expensive. This Relationship Is One Of The Basic Causes Of The American Civil War, And Was Even More Significant In Destroying Ancient Rome.