tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post7604036156682088483..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Us And Them Assistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-26515513004749888662014-03-10T22:03:08.959-04:002014-03-10T22:03:08.959-04:00I wish I knew more about what the ordinary people ...I wish I knew more about what the ordinary people in France or Germany thought. We hear from the elites who run the media, and sometimes everything else, like the ENArchs in France. Some of what seems spontaneous (strikes over some law) isn't--it is top-down driven by the political party that lost. Sometimes maybe it is--how can I tell the difference?<br /><br />Too much centralization could mean "one size fits all" when it doesn't, or that the spoils get too concentrated, or that there is less and less scope for smaller figures (even in the arts: do people spend money at the Met simulcasts that would otherwise go to the local opera company?) All sound like recipes for unhappiness. Federalism or subsidiarity seem like better compromises.<br />jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-72328490826047700372014-03-10T20:15:39.278-04:002014-03-10T20:15:39.278-04:00The EU is destabilizing and delegitimizing the rem...The EU is destabilizing and delegitimizing the remaining multinational states like Britain, France, Italy and Spain, and further secessions can be expected..sykes.1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10954672321945289871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-53233110615368148032014-03-10T18:43:44.389-04:002014-03-10T18:43:44.389-04:00I suppose I rather agree with what I feel is your ...I suppose I rather agree with what I feel is your imputed point. If Crimea is Russian ethnically, let it be. I was just thrilled the other day when I heard President Obama had said 'We need monitors.' What I though he might have meant was monitors for the election 'over there.' It would have saved my generation a whole lot of grief if Eisenhower had taken 'that attitude' toward the 'election in VN agreed to in the Geneva accords' by the French. Moreover, the idea that they can't have an election there because there can't be public statements or somesuch against the Russians. What is the difference? Obama has kept the Tea Party supporters from spending money on the airwaves against him. All democracies are a bit imperfect.a psychiatrist who learned from veteranshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00347313804041291393noreply@blogger.com