So many of the new nations which were established as democracies after the second world war, during the … - Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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I think the time has changed. Because of 9<br>11, because of the economy, it is more and more now. There is a darker awareness, although it would seem to reason that because life is so much tougher now people would seek entertainment to just totally escape.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

So many of the new nations which were established as democracies after the second world war, during the decolonizing process, have now changed their system to state-socialism. Small elites run them, and they aren't sharing societies. They aren't even socialist. The power of the state has been merged with business property and you have the greatest concentration of power that's possible.

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