Yearly Archives: 1996
A day and a half away from dictatorship
Letter to the Editor published in the Victoria Times Colonist, 24 November 1996 Liberal democracy has been hailed in the western world as the ideal form of government, as the model which all the “dictatorial” powers of the world should strive towards. I cannot help but see a fundamental hypocrisy in this claim. Democracy emerged … Continue reading
Rolling over
Letter to the Editor published in the Victoria Times Colonist, 27 August 1996 I was appalled to learn that US President Bill Clinton has signed a bill dismantling the US welfare system. That the so-called mightiest nation in the world, the supposed hallmark of the advantages of technology, industrialization, and unfettered free-enterprise, could abandon the … Continue reading
Categories: Commentary
Tags: international politics, poverty, social policy, United States
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