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Like The Phoenix, Socialism Is Reborn From Every Pile Of Ashes Left Day In, Day Out, By Burnt-out Human Dreams And Charred Hopes.

Civilisation, The Orderly World In Which We Live, Is Frail. We Are Skating On Thin Ice. There Is A Fear Of A Collective Disaster. Terrorism, Genocide, Flu, Tsunamis.

In The Last Thirty Years We Have Gained Enormous Amount Of Freedom (everywhere, Except Perhaps In Places Like Burma Or North Korea), But We Lost Quite A Large Amount Of Security. Because Of All Sorts Of Reasons, Because Of Globalization Which Stripped The Nation State Of A Large Part Of Its Sovereignty Away, Because Of The Dismantling Of The So-called Welfare State. As A Result, People Feel Simultaneously Much Freer And Much More Insecure.

As Far As Love Is Concerned, Possession, Power, Fusion And Disenchantment Are The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse.

If You Look Back On The History Of The 20th Century, The 19th Century Or Even To The Ancien Régime Of The 18th, You Will See That First People Rebelled Against The Order Of The Things Because Of Lack Of Liberty, And Demanded More Freedom. And When They Got More Freedom, They Got Frightened, And They Desired More Security For A Change. After A While, They Started Complaining, Although More Secure, They Also Become More Dependent And Rule-bound.