Anocracy

“Such regimes are particularly susceptible to outbreaks of armed conflict and unexpected or adverse changes in leadership.[9]“ The storm is coming, the day of the rope, whatever label you want to use for catastrophe. “Former democracies that transition to anocracy have a greater risk of being embroiled in civil conflict.[4] The population’s awareness of what rightsContinue reading “Anocracy”

After Pearl Harbor

https://time.com/6125923/america-wrong-lessons-pearl-harbor/ “On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, we will remember Pearl Harbor, the 1941 Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base on Oahu, Hawaii, for the eightieth time.” “We imagine that everything changed overnight. But, as the historian Richard W. Steele carefully documented, by early 1942, only two months after the attack, members of the Roosevelt AdministrationContinue reading “After Pearl Harbor”