I Was Leftwing, I Am Leftwing, And

State Governments Seek Local Remedies For The Globally Fabricated Deprivations And Miseries In Vain - Just As The Individuals-by-the-decree-of-fate (read: By The Impact Of Deregulation) Seek In Vain The Individual Solutions To The Socially Fabricated Life Problems.

The Inequality Between The World's Individuals Is Staggering.

'i Am Insecure' Means: I Can't Cope On My Own. The Odds Are Overwhelming. I Can't Resist Them On My Own. I Need Us To Join Forces, Stand Shoulder To Shoulder, March Hand In Hand.

The Carrying Power Of A Bridge Is Not The Average Strength Of The Pillars, But The Strength Of The Weakest Pillar. I Have Always Believed That You Do Not Measure The Health Of A Society By Gnp But By The Condition Of Its Worst Off.

In The Last Thirty Years We Have Gained Enormous Amount Of Freedom (everywhere, Except Perhaps In Places Like Burma Or North Korea), But We Lost Quite A Large Amount Of Security. Because Of All Sorts Of Reasons, Because Of Globalization Which Stripped The Nation State Of A Large Part Of Its Sovereignty Away, Because Of The Dismantling Of The So-called Welfare State. As A Result, People Feel Simultaneously Much Freer And Much More Insecure.