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Strategies & Market Trends : Winter in the Great White North
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To: Elizabeth Andrews who wrote (2221)4/16/2002 6:43:29 PM
From: marcos  Read Replies (2) of 8273
 
' If the small minority of enlightened citizens who are able to conceive sound principles of political management do not succeed in winning the support of their fellow citizens and converting them to the endorsement of policies that bring and preserve prosperity, the cause of mankind and civilization is hopeless. There is no other means to safeguard a propitious development of human affairs than to make the masses of inferior people adopt the ideas of the elite. This has to be achieved by convincing them. It cannot be accomplished by a despotic regime that instead of enlightening the masses beats them into submission. In the long run the ideas of the majority, however detrimental they may be, will carry on. The future of mankind depends on the ability of the elite to influence public opinion in the right direction. '

Ludwig von Mises - freedomsnest.com ... i was looking it up to apply it to Venezuela, but it fits as well here ... he who governs by poll is not leader, but follower

knight's link - indigenous.bc.ca
... kept me up half the night, i'd seen it before in less legible form, embarked now on reading it right through ... impresses on you the visceral reaction against assimilation ... perhaps in its conclusion it will reveal how you can reconcile that stand with egalitarian principles, we shall see

I expect the nishga [not clear on spelling, seen it as nishga and nisga'a] are aware that they'll be watched as an example of how these mini-states turn out, they'll feel a special responsibility to their brethren to avoid screwing up ... the real problems are down the road, these treaties don't generally have sunset clauses
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