Madness Is No Madness When

Security Was The Demand Which Set In Motion Labour Movements In History; Trade Unions, Friendly Societies, Consumer Cooperatives Were All About Compensating For The Impotence Of Individual Resistance.

It Is So True That In Liquid Modernity Freedom Was, So To Speak, Let Off The Leash, And For A Quite A Number Of Years The Freedom Of Choice Was "in Principle" Unlimited. One Result Was The Weakening Of Inter-human Bonds, Particularly Inherited Bonds, And The Counterfactual Assumption That Individuals Must And Can Fend For Themselves.

Power, In A Nutshell, Is The Ability To Get Things Done, And Politics Is The Ability To Decide Which Things Need To Be Done.

In Our World Of Rampant Individualisation, Relationships Are Mixed Blessings. They Vacillate Between A Sweet Dream And A Nightmare, And There Is No Telling When One Turns Into The Other.

While A Few Poor Countries Are Catching Up With The Rich World, The Differences Between The Richest And Poorest Individuals Around The Globe Are Huge And Likely Growing.