Social order Quote by James Dale Davidson

“Topographic conditions were the foundation of Greek democracy, just as those of a different kind gave rise to the Oriental despotisms of Egypt and…

— James Dale Davidson

“When the payoff for organizing violence at a large scale tumbles, the payoff from violence at a smaller scale is likely to jump. Violence…

— James Dale Davidson

“To dare a thought is to risk being wrong.”

— James Dale Davidson

“The more apparent it is that a system is nearing an end, the more reluctant people will be to adhere to its laws.”

— James Dale Davidson

Place 5 percent to 10 percent of your total assets in gold bullion and selected gold and silver coins. No one knows with certainty…

— James Dale Davidson

“Faster than all but a few now imagine, microprocessing will subvert and destroy the nation-state, creating new forms of social organization in the process.”

— James Dale Davidson

“Other things being equal, the more widely dispersed key technologies are, the more widely dispersed power will be, and the smaller the optimum scale…

— James Dale Davidson

America today has insufficient savings to finance both crucial investment and its consumption of imports.

— James Dale Davidson

“Cultures are not matters of taste but systems of adaptation to specific circumstances that may prove irrelevant or even counterproductive in other settings.”

— James Dale Davidson

“Market forces, not political majorities, will compel societies to reconfigure themselves in ways that public opinion will neither comprehend nor welcome.”

— James Dale Davidson

“This tended to increase the size of societies because contests of violence more often than not were won by the larger group.”

— James Dale Davidson

“Governments will ultimately have little choice but to treat populations in territories they serve more like customers, and less in the easy that organized…

— James Dale Davidson