tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6724859885249380225.post6827900772024553046..comments2011-07-07T03:11:47.227-07:00Comments on Malice Chaos Decay: Failure of Planning is the Planning of FailureSt. Villainoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157458285536561822noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6724859885249380225.post-72407651346571385532011-06-19T10:31:27.180-07:002011-06-19T10:31:27.180-07:00Thank you for disagreeing to agree.
As it turns o...Thank you for disagreeing to agree.<br /><br />As it turns out, the NRA thing was meant as an example of how culturally acceptable a quasi-fascistic state was in America during the time of crisis. I was trying to explain the liberal lament "We planned in war!" but not for peace. <br /><br />This was the Progressives' own analysis, not mine nor that of any conservative.<br /><br />All I can say is the book does a much better job of demonstrating this than I can.St. Villainoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14157458285536561822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6724859885249380225.post-52247344919442832402011-06-19T06:36:44.088-07:002011-06-19T06:36:44.088-07:00You said" "where did all the goose-stee...You said" "where did all the goose-steepers go and why is the government so much less invasive today as it was then? The simple answer is that Americans were willing to accept such drastic measures as part of the unique circumstances of having to fight two world wars. When that state of crisis disappeared, so too did its de facto organs and politics."<br /><br />Actually, the legislation that underlay the NRA, the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) was declared unconstitutional in 1935 by a unanimous decision of the Supreme Court. That is what put an end to the NRA campaigns.CBDenverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11498433117751725886noreply@blogger.com