Time is both a line and circle, it returns and it has a direction - like a spiral.
The sun set again. There is a new govenrment in the province. A speech to gather all the peoples together under the king. Three other factions that sought the throne together were greater than that of the king. Each by itself was weaker than the king's faction so they were defeated and stripped of all power except that of honourable criticism in the court. The citizens themselves turned down a proposal that would have all the factions fairly represented. Another day's labour.
Now we are travelling near the end of 2007. Globalization has set in officially. The world is one but is not as one, but set upon a heirarchy. This heirarchy is based mostly on wealth, and the wealth based mostly on historical accident. The heirarchy is like a long curve. The low part rises very slowly as it moves along a population axis, encompassing most at the lower end of the wealth heirarchy. The curve shifts rapidly at 80% of the axis, then dramatically, exponentially at 1%. Wars of national defence and security are fought between nations encompassing the 80% wealth gap and those at the lowest end. The armies of the rich are endowed with the highest technology of warfare and the nations have enjoyed peace and security within for half a century, save the 911 attacks. Yet the wars have raged since the beginning of the millenium and have no expiry date.
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