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Peter Harris
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Good and bad revolutions:
The overwhelming theme of the French Revolution gone wrong was violence.The theme of the Dutch and Industrial Revolutions was Parliamentary democracy in which all voices were heard and represented.I would like to comment about Zakaria’s argument for the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution.He talks about the the steam powered pump,before that was the Cotton Gin of Eli Whitney in the US
— Apr 15, 2025 12:11PM
The overwhelming theme of the French Revolution gone wrong was violence.The theme of the Dutch and Industrial Revolutions was Parliamentary democracy in which all voices were heard and represented.I would like to comment about Zakaria’s argument for the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution.He talks about the the steam powered pump,before that was the Cotton Gin of Eli Whitney in the US
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Peter Harris
is on page 290 of 400
China:
Zakaria seems to be wrapping up his analysis with the coming revolution involving China and the US. While he says China wants to be benevolent in it’s leadership, it has created problems like ownership of the neighboring sea lanes, or arguing with India and Australia. Zakaria says China has a bad problem of being relied upon for loans by other countries but then requiring backbreaking interest repayments.
— Apr 16, 2025 12:07PM
Zakaria seems to be wrapping up his analysis with the coming revolution involving China and the US. While he says China wants to be benevolent in it’s leadership, it has created problems like ownership of the neighboring sea lanes, or arguing with India and Australia. Zakaria says China has a bad problem of being relied upon for loans by other countries but then requiring backbreaking interest repayments.
Peter Harris
is on page 165 of 400
Something useful for today:
The book is talking about either letting technology drive the economy or have some form of government control. Zakaria says that was Hoover’s mistake and it took FDR’s creative government control to correct the economy. If we are experiencing a wave of technological revolution again, maybe we could learn from this time in history.
— Apr 16, 2025 05:04AM
The book is talking about either letting technology drive the economy or have some form of government control. Zakaria says that was Hoover’s mistake and it took FDR’s creative government control to correct the economy. If we are experiencing a wave of technological revolution again, maybe we could learn from this time in history.
Peter Harris
is on page 40 of 400
Critical of Venice and Austria and Spain:
Zakaria criticizes Venice because you had to be born into power. He defends the Protestant reformation in Austria and comes down on Spain as being money hungry during a time of change. With the Netherlands, Zakaria seems to really like the decentralization of power that he says was created by it’s geography. He says the Protestant uprising was fueled by the printing press
— Apr 14, 2025 12:58PM
Zakaria criticizes Venice because you had to be born into power. He defends the Protestant reformation in Austria and comes down on Spain as being money hungry during a time of change. With the Netherlands, Zakaria seems to really like the decentralization of power that he says was created by it’s geography. He says the Protestant uprising was fueled by the printing press
Peter Harris
is on page 26 of 400
Left versus Right:
Zakaria makes the case that the left makes a group advocating change and the right makes up a group adhering the stay on course attitude. He is going to delve into past revolutions and use them as a model to predict future revolutions. I don’t know why he credits parliament without mentioning anything about the senate of the Roman republic. Aren’t we talking about a democratic legislative body?
— Apr 14, 2025 12:26PM
Zakaria makes the case that the left makes a group advocating change and the right makes up a group adhering the stay on course attitude. He is going to delve into past revolutions and use them as a model to predict future revolutions. I don’t know why he credits parliament without mentioning anything about the senate of the Roman republic. Aren’t we talking about a democratic legislative body?
