"He argues that what capitalism and fundamentalism have in common is a distaste for democracy. Both, in different ways, lay siege to the nation-state itself--until now the only guarantor of conditions that have permitted democracy to flourish".

Chilling...
Thanks Sp.
It's all shaping one way or another; democracies will win (and if not, it's disaster) even if it means the concept of "nations" is not popular anymore. The European Union is a slow process towards a democracy that's different from nations'. It's its slowness that might win its favor.
Jacques Attali is definitely somebody to read (I read his "1492" explaining what happened then).

Raoul