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Maybe We Don't Need Another War

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Nicolas Colin
Feb 21, 2017
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Is total war necessary for radical change?

Most of the inclusive institutions in the Fordist age were the result of World War II: the need to rebuild cities from the ground up and heal the wounds of the people accelerated the transition to the new age of the automobile and mass production. The dramatic destruction of wealth that occurred during the war contributed to reducing inequalities. A political and institutional tabula rasa made room for the new Golden Age—just like the 14th-century Black Death paved the way for the Renaissance.

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