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New nation-state definitions …

(sorry I can’t credit original author … this was forwarded to me and I do not know the original source)

Negroponte, John: Good diplomat, in the sense that Pol Pot is a good family-planner.

Ownership Society: you no longer own your national parks, your public transit, your commons, your government, your Bill of Rights, or your future, but you may purchase a Burger King franchise or some stocks with your WalMart earnings.

Peace (noun): What war is for.

Security (noun): Something to be applied to the homeland but not to the social.

Social Security: A good idea except for two problems: Social verges on socialism and guarantees of security violate a free market.

The Marketplace of Ideas: Buy low, sell high.

WalMart: The nation-state, future tense.