The Fate of Empires: Can we beat it?
Sadly, the current political climate has given permission not only to act out hate and fear other ethnic peoples, other cultures, "others..." it has also given permission to celebrate ignorance, to claim that education is over-rated, that it's okay to believe what you want, and act as if it's true. Science is their current scapegoat for their own awareness of their own unpreparedness to live successfully in the modern world. Every society in history has had its times of being governed by mad... Sign in to see full entry.