Sublime

The federal government’s relation to private life changed in World War II. It was central to winning the war, because World War II was won or lost on the ability to utilize the industrial base.

The megapolitics of the production process has altered more drastically than most people realize. This change is not yet clearly visible, partly because there is always a lag between a revolution in megapolitical conditions and the institutional changes it inevitably precipitates.

Each spring, this anti-federalist spirit flourishes in downtown Washington, where Whiskey Rebellion reenactors march beneath the uneasy gaze of George Washington, whose statue still perches atop the county courthouse.

There is technology, there is business, and there is war. They appear to be different, but in American life the scientist, cowboy, and warrior, and add to this the businessman, are part of a single culture.

wondered whether anyone

Danny Nicol appelle la « protection constitutionnelle du capitalisme » sur le principe des « droits du commerce en tant que droits de l’homme »129.

Effective power (as opposed to elected, or intended, power) was passed to a vast army of managers and civil servants who defined the regulations, and therefore could redefine the intent of Congress, not intentionally, but simply because no one person could comprehend the whole.