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Entry: "Childish Unreason", Then and Now Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/childish_unreason_then_and_now#3896 Post contents: There was an ideological reason flaming the fires that led to WWI Germany had become a formidable economic presence, and was beating England in industrial production. And worse, from the ideologues point of view, they did it with a command economy, with the State providing guidance and all kinds of help to the industry. It was also protectionist, which raised howls and complaints of how much richer it would have been if it allowed free trade. So, there was, on top of that an ideological push to get rid of the "Prussian" school of economics. (If you read Hayek, you'll see that he excoriates "Prussia" as the way leading to serfdom. It was idelogogical all right). So, in name of freedom they destroyed a decent society, to unleash a democratic experiment on people who did not have the mental habits to make it work. The rest if History. Sent at: 2008 09 06