Online journal: American perestroika
Peter Chamberlin writes:
It would be nice if the world of man were a simple creation, where honest effort was its own reward. In such a world, mistakes would be understood as signals of corrections which needed to be made. It is not our good fortunes to live in such a world, at least not as far as all the governments of the world are concerned. Human governments are in the business of capitalizing upon mistakes, especially turning the mistakes of the opposing party to political advantage. Read the story here.
It would be nice if the world of man were a simple creation, where honest effort was its own reward. In such a world, mistakes would be understood as signals of corrections which needed to be made. It is not our good fortunes to live in such a world, at least not as far as all the governments of the world are concerned. Human governments are in the business of capitalizing upon mistakes, especially turning the mistakes of the opposing party to political advantage. Read the story here.