Society

Maybe still at the time of this writing, involuntarily delayed three days
more than planned in Washington, as hundreds of thousands of French people,
millions of Europeans stranded away from home, or others, trapped in Europe
far from their homes by the consequences, may be overstated, of the
irruption of an Icelandic volcano, I could measure the importance of these
amazing moments where the control of time escapes us. With everyone story being
interrupted: work, business, social or romantic gatherings, holidays, more
sustainable migrations.

In any democratic society, the unique role of the state is to provide
citizens with security, and for that, make them pay for insurance, known as
tax or social contribution. The question is whether a society can force its members to consider these as
public goods.

The forthcoming regional elections appear to be a foregone conclusion. In fact, all this is virtual and nothing
is more dangerous for democracy than this feeling of accomplished fact:voters are sovereign.

Bhutan, in the late seventies, defined and implemented the concept of
Gross National Happiness (GNH), is it happier than the others?

Notre déclin n’est pas inéluctable.