COLLECTIVE MADNESS
“Soft despotism is a term coined by Alexis de Tocqueville describing the state into which a country overrun by "a network of small complicated rules" might degrade. Soft despotism is different from despotism (also called 'hard despotism') in the sense that it is not obvious to the people."
Get the car buying consumer as excited about buying a "Volt" as they were giddy for the "Boss 302"?
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Speaking of cars and DC. Vice President Al Gore headed a National Battery Consortium. Remember that?
ReplyDeleteHow did that go?
It ran out of juice and quickly wound down like an Energizer Bunny on cheap dollar store AA's.
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