| Original Message: Very wise words (as always). |
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The I Ching (ancient Chinese book of wisdom which is all but banned in modern China because it conflicts with "Correct Marxist Thought") says that it's a feature of the natural universe that things reach their peak then then flip into their opposites (in time that which is strong collapses into weakness, that which is full becomes empty, justice devolves into corruption, and so on...) That is also similar to the Christian precept that, "the last shall be first and the first last". The history of human beings demonstrates how even catastrophes which seem in retrospect to have been easily foreseeable are virtually never realized until far too late to be avoided. People are smart but the larger the group involved, the less likely to behave with intelligence/effectiveness in any circumstance. That last one above is a good reason that conservatives are not fans of allowing decisions affecting people directly to be made by bureaucrats thousands of miles away. We prefer local control - the more the better generally.
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