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* '''2006-12-03''' [http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2006-12-03-1.html How Our Civilization ''Can'' Fall] by [[Orson Scott Card]]: offers a reasonable-sounding argument (and perhaps even a workable model) for the US to remain [[US invasion of Iraq|in Iraq]], based on historical civilization-wide crashes | * '''2006-12-03''' [http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2006-12-03-1.html How Our Civilization ''Can'' Fall] by [[Orson Scott Card]]: offers a reasonable-sounding argument (and perhaps even a workable model) for the US to remain [[US invasion of Iraq|in Iraq]], based on historical civilization-wide crashes | ||
| + | * '''2002-07-22''' [http://www.gladwell.com/2002/2002_07_22_a_talent.htm The Talent Myth]: lessons from [[Enron]] and [[World War II]] | ||
* [http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0403a.asp How Hitler rose to power] in a Democratic country even though his party were very much in the minority | * [http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0403a.asp How Hitler rose to power] in a Democratic country even though his party were very much in the minority | ||
* How [http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/9/28/10395/6059 the US has recreated the Enabling Act] from 1933 Germany | * How [http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/9/28/10395/6059 the US has recreated the Enabling Act] from 1933 Germany | ||
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Lessons
- 2006-12-03 How Our Civilization Can Fall by Orson Scott Card: offers a reasonable-sounding argument (and perhaps even a workable model) for the US to remain in Iraq, based on historical civilization-wide crashes
- 2002-07-22 The Talent Myth: lessons from Enron and World War II
- How Hitler rose to power in a Democratic country even though his party were very much in the minority
- How the US has recreated the Enabling Act from 1933 Germany