THE WORLD IS FULL OF GREAT CITIES...
HUGE WELL DESIGNED MEGA-CITIES FILLED WITH SMART AMBITIOUS PEOPLE.
I HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN THESE CITIES...PERHAPS YOU HAVE TOO...
THE GREAT CITIES ARE ALL WORKING FROM THE OLD AMERICAN MODEL OF PROSPERITY...
CAPITAL IS FLOWING OUT OF AMERICA...THAT IS THE REAL PROBLEM NOW. AND THAT IS NOT LIKELY TO REVERSE ANY TIME SOON...
SO AMERICA AND AMERICANS ARE BEGINNING THEIR LONG DECLINE... WHY?
PERHAPS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT PROTECT THEIR MARKETS AND TECHNOLOGY...
BUT, IN TRUTH, ...EVEN THAT IS NOT THE ANSWER...
THE WORLD AND ITS GREAT CITIES ARE NOW FREE OF THEIR OLD ELITES OF THE 19TH CENTURY...AND EARIER.
THAT IS REALLY WHAT THE 20TH CENTURY WAS ALL ABOUT...FREEING OTHER NATIONS THEIR OLD ELTIES OF OLD ELITES ...
THE OLD COLONIALISTS...THE HABSBERGS, THE ROMANOVS, THESE DEAD KINGS AND ARISTOCRATS FROM THE MIDDLE AGES...WHO HELD DOWN EUROPE AND ASIA WITH THE DEAD HAND OF HISTORY AND PRIVILEGE...
THE OLD ELITES ARE NOW ALL GONE...THE NEW ELITE IS INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL...ITS EVERYWHERE...ASIA, RUSSIA, EASTERN EUROPE...
AMERICANS NEVER HAD OLD ELITES...HENCE THE AMERICAN CENTURY ...IN THE 20TH CENTURY.
ALAS...NOW THAT HAS ENDED.
THE WORLD IS FULL OF GREAT CITIES...AND THEY ARE FREE OF HISTORY AT LAST.
