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To: Askel5
And what then of the righteous minorities?

Will you be posting the answer to that question?

Much of his explanation of human motivation is identical to Nietzsche's Will to Power. Nietzsche said that a civilization's teleological function is to produce (only a few) great men. I'm interested to see if Lindbom agrees. Every popular attempt at societal analysis/futurism concentrates on "megatrends". Small is beautiful.

I've heard of Lindhom (only because of the Swedish connection) and never read him. You probably know he was a social democrat for many years before he started writing. It's impressive to even find these types, and generous to post them. Thank you.

(Library-full-of-books)

8 posted on 01/30/2003 8:40:55 PM PST by monkey
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To: monkey
Would you like some more?

This is not at all what I'd intended on posting first ... consider it my response to the SOTU.

In addition to the "Myth of Democracy" piece, he's also got a section on Socialism (you're right about his background) and a stand-alone chapter entitled "Lucifer".

I started with Lucifer and worked my way backwards through the introduction by Claes Ryn (also excellent in many respects). My head was on fire by the time I got home.

I'm off on another hunt entirely but using the book to hold my favorite pen so I can savor him a while. I'll flag you to any future excerpts.

9 posted on 01/30/2003 9:06:12 PM PST by Askel5
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