In northern Maine, there is always a group of people who work very hard to make sure things don't change. So fundamentally what you find is politics is regressive in nature where you think you can do a lot, but you really can't change very much because people get mad about what's taken for them and they never appreciate it. And that level of risk aversion that happens at the root of politics is sort of why you can hear the sort of directing cynicism in my voice.
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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.
