It was forty years ago today
Sep 12, 2009
“Things aren’t much different from forty years ago. We have an unpopular war, waged by an increasingly unpopular president. He is also destroying the economy and our civil liberties in his drive to expand the American state. As well we see a huge growth in cultural creativity and greater questioning of authority. As Nietzsche once said ‘Great culture happens when Empires are in decline.’ There are differences, of course. Change comes in huge waves after deep seismic moves way below the surface r
