{"id":1736,"date":"2014-11-18T06:35:56","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T11:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=1736"},"modified":"2014-11-18T06:35:56","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T11:35:56","slug":"sovereignty-series-lost-in-america-two-ice-floes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=1736","title":{"rendered":"Sovereignty Series: Lost in America | Two Ice Floes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twoicefloes.com\/sovereignty-series-lost-in-america\/\">Sovereignty Series: Lost in America | Two Ice Floes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">As a young adult studying world history in high school I often wondered what happened to various countries that had turned despotic or dictatorial when previously they were republics or somewhat benevolent kingdoms. The list is endless and needs no repeating here other than a few recent examples for illustration purposes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Just mention Nazi Germany or Fascist Italy and especially Japan in the run up to World War II and opinions are quickly offered by both apologists and those who wish to point fingers. All these countries were at some point peaceful and civilized, or at least not extremely dangerous to themselves and to others, before they tipped over into utter insanity and were consumed by their \u2018<em style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">self<\/em>\u2019.<span id=\"more-10296\" style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">While I do understand history is written not only by the \u2018<em style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">winners<\/em>\u2019, but by the propagandists in order to control and mold minds, certain trends and cycles are glaringly obvious even to the deaf, dumb and blind. Repeatedly it seems the sweet fruit of liberty and justice, however limited it may be, eventually turns sour and rots on the vine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Why is that?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sovereignty Series: Lost in America | Two Ice Floes. As a young adult studying world history in high school I often wondered what happened to various countries that had turned despotic or dictatorial when previously they were republics or somewhat benevolent kingdoms. 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