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Measuring Time

Here on planet Earth, 43 years is a long time. Based on 20th century experience, it’s about 11 US presidential election cycles, 1 French Republic and 0.8 global wars away.

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Jeff Wood
Jeff Wood
18 years ago

And it’s about the time needed for a sub-Gramscian movement to build, infiltrate a substantial section of the British polity, become the government; and then be discovered by the rest of the country to be a bunch of rear ends.

We may never manage to clear up the mess.

dearieme
dearieme
18 years ago

How did you resist suggesting that the time between global conflicts is rather longer for Americans?

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