Thirty years ago [written 2009], over-regulation, over-taxation, mis-regulation, statism, state corporatism, and economic folly, cosiness and regulatory capture, and a crescent ideological enemy without, who were assisted by enemies both fifth columnists and useful fools within, had led to a crisis of confidence in the West, and in all lands that and amongst all peoples, particularly those who were oppressed in their own lands, who loved and desired liberty. Of course, thirty years ago, Britain had Margaret Thatcher to turn to.
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- Politics — Governance, civic duty, and the structures of power