There Seems To Be Something

Modern Capitalist Nations Are The Fruit Of A History Of Slavery, Genocide, Violence And Exploitation Every Bit As Abhorrent As Mao's China Or Stalin's Soviet Union.

If History Moves Forward, Knowledge Of It Travels Backwards, So That In Writing Of Our Own Recent Past We Are Continually Meeting Ourselves Coming The Other Way.

We Face A Conflict Between Civilisation And Culture, Which Used To Be On The Same Side. Civilisation Means Rational Reflection, Material Wellbeing, Individual Autonomy And Ironic Self-doubt; Culture Means A Form Of Life That Is Customary, Collective, Passionate, Spontaneous, Unreflective And Arational.

It Is Difficult To Think Of An Origin Without Wanting To Go Back Beyond It.

The Liberal State Is Neutral Between Capitalism And Its Critics Until The Critics Look Like They Are Winning.