Sublime

axiom of political science in that country that the only way to neutralize the effect of public journals is to multiply them indefinitely.

The core problem of the next sociopolitical cycle will be demographic. I pointed this out in The Next 100 Years when I wrote that one of the central problems was the decline in birth rates and the extension of life expectancy.

As Kevin Rudd noted, “once you have economic power, it in turn engenders political power; it in turn makes possible to have security power through the acquisition of military capabilities, which in turn generates foreign policy power, which in turn generates strategic power”[129].

This is a “rich get richer” sort of model in which the more a word is used in the past, the more likely it is that it will attract more use in the future.

There is considerable evidence that mature democracies, that is, those countries with strong constitutions, meaningful checks and balances on the exercise of power, and extensive individual rights, tend not to attack other democracies. This is often referred to as the “democratic peace” theory. History suggests this is true, but immature or illiber

Big Peace/War Cycle

Clausewitz himself proposed that war could best be compared with commerce, since both are social conflicts of human interests and activities.

Therefore, Trump does not represent the transition to the new era. He is instead the first tremor who appeared decisive to his supporters and frightening to his opponents. Trump is the first indicator of a struggle between two classes. But while the ascending class has not yet reached its limit, the descending class is continually bleeding power. T