This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments.
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The more dynamic the capitalistic expansion, the greater the disparity. It is from the disparity that we are going to get all the political upheaval for the next few years.
Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it.
The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.
History shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalisation imposed in the interests of the powerful.
The disruptive powers of excessive national fecundity may have played a greater part in bursting the bonds of convention than either the power of ideas or the errors of autocracy.
Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens.
The connection has been lost between the country's direction, especially with regard to the way in which the economy has been run, and the citizen.
The only way to make government more efficient is to make it smaller and to make it more local.
Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.
So, there is enormous instability in the global economy with a shift of winners and losers.
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