Sink, the Bismarckian state!
<p>Hmm: On 24th February I wrote, in a <a href="http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=1752&#038;cpage=1#comment-249467">comment</a> on this blog:</p>
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Weâ€™re about to reach the end of the historical era that began when Bismarck first implemented state socialism in the 1880s. The changes will be huge and wrenching; I wouldnâ€™t even put the dissolution of the USA outside the realm of possibility.
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<p>Two days later, Mark Steyn writes this in <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/26/our-own-greek-tragedy//print/">Our own Greek tragedy:</a></p>
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The 20th century Bismarckian welfare state has run out of people to stick it to.
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<p>Coincidence or conspiracy?  <em>You</em> be the judge.</p>
