With the internet, for example, it's kind of supplanting the role of what the state used to do. The trend seems to be these things are becoming less effective at accomplishing what they set out to be. But is there a decentralized way to go about our lives? Is there a network way that doesn't have this geographical centricity to it?
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Carl von Clausewitz described war as politics by other means. In many ways the reverse could be said, with the modern state in the West seemingly arrayed against its own citizens in a constant battle of misdirection and interference in their lives. Tom Kawczynski, author of ‘Surviving the Fall of America’ and former town manager of Jackman, Maine, has actually run for political office in an attempt to address some of these problems. Tonight, he gives us an insider glimpse into how the system actually works, what we can expect going forward, and some potential solutions to what he sees an an almost inevitable decline of a once great society.
