Niall Fergusen, "The outbreak of the second world war". Boston Globe 5/27/2019
The 17th century had it all: climate change (the Little Ice Age that regularly froze the Thames), refugee crises (as Protestant zealots crossed the Atlantic), extreme views (as Catholics and Protestants sought to smear one another), and fake news (as witch-finders condemned hundreds of innocent women to death). But its most familiar feature to our eyes was the erosion of state sovereignty. The war of religion had no respect for borders: Jesuits infiltrated Protestant England just as Russian trolls now meddle in Western democracies.
Great point. Everyone thinks we are in a time of doom and gloom, but actually people living now are the best off ever. Access to medical care that was undreamed of in the 60's or 70's. Technology is astounding right now and will only get better. Billions of people are no longer in subsistence poverty. I have been reading histories about the 1690's right now and am so glad I didn't grow up in those times. Constant poverty and threats of starvation, the medical care was downright dangerous! A simple kidney stone was a death sentence.
Enjoy the present!
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
ramage wrote: Niall Fergusen, "The outbreak of the second world war". Boston Globe 5/27/2019
The 17th century had it all: climate change (the Little Ice Age that regularly froze the Thames), refugee crises (as Protestant zealots crossed the Atlantic), extreme views (as Catholics and Protestants sought to smear one another), and fake news (as witch-finders condemned hundreds of innocent women to death). But its most familiar feature to our eyes was the erosion of state sovereignty. The war of religion had no respect for borders: Jesuits infiltrated Protestant England just as Russian trolls now meddle in Western democracies.
Having previously stated that MANY times...THE FOURTH TURNING is presently what we are
experiencing. Straus and Howe's book "the fourth turning" tracks patterns thru out the world's
history...down thru centuries of upheaval.
I have previously stated, our nation will look and feel much different in the next couple of years.
Much depends upon the UPHOLDING of our Constitution and the actions of the citizens of the this nation.
