Look, I'm not going to grind this out with you. There's too much historical demolition and construction work involved. It's often said that history is written by the winners, but in some places history is written in the coffeehouses and halls of academia by bitter little losers, all the while wallowing in the wealth created by people with greater talents, vision, and initiative.
I suspect anyone living in one of the socialist paradises of the 20th century would have greatly preferred the Gilded Age of the U.S. Which, incidentally, was a period of great immigration.
On a related note, I've observed that nations where the "means of production" are owned by "The People" tend to have barriers, concertina wire, and Death Zones to keep their people in.
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- Ownership of the means of production.
- Oh, give it a rest.
- Shock and Awe
- re: Progress
- Progress and Saturday morning TV
- Very subtle ER...........
- A Victorian Nostalgia
- Somehow, playing golf "silly" seems a contradiction in terms. (n/t)
- Every man needs a hobby