Day: June 22, 2010
Gated communities and domesticated cells: Prisoners by choice
Wasn’t the fall of the Berlin Wall supposed to set the world free and end history? In the 20 years since, communities worldwide have voluntarily retreated behind walls and security cameras. Link
The world has been dominated by Europe and taught by Europe and exploited by Europe — and maybe Europe has had enough
In terms of the great implosion of the global economy which began on Wall Street in late 2008, the Greek financial collapse is a storm in a retsina glass. The sums concerned are trivial by the standards of modern multitrillion-dollar high finance, or indeed by the standards of the Bundesbank. But the rights and wrongs … Read more