The United States of the World is here. It is the political here and now. The contest for president between Trump and Clinton is about who will lead it. Clinton is more experienced in the subtle and passionate business of interweaving thousands of international political, military and economic projects into the daily, even hourly, fabric of Washington’s worldwide on-going weave. But Trump if elected will also have to sew into the fabric new worldwide designs. He will have no choice. Washington has rivers of money flowing into its hands both from American taxpayers and borrowings worldwide. The President and the Congress must direct the floods of money into new channels and the trick is it makes no sense to send money back directly into the hands of those who sent it. Sometimes enough money in the form of bills passed to aid individuals and corporations passes through Congress and the President in a week to fund many nations for a year. If Washington ever used its power only for the United States of America, it would be an economic catastrophe for the world. A president’s business is to see to it that Washington’s power aids the world to hold itself together economically and militarily as smoothly as possible. One sneeze from Washington and the world will start sneezing too and possibly develop a cold. To keep worldwide power working effectively, Washington must make deals with people worldwide who also have power. This means the rich. This means tyrants. This means rich corporations. So be it. Washington can hold the world together only by working with governments and organizations that also have power worldwide. The United States of the World is here. At present it has very few components holding it together. But it is nonetheless a going business. Political thoughts seeking to create a better world for humanity must somehow sew themselves into its on-going weave or become bits of threads lying useless on the ground.
Daniel McNeill
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Daniel McNeill’s novella The End of All Beginnings is available at
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Also available as a book for $5.99.
A powerful and very dramatic exploration of love and relations between
a 70-year-old man and four women, two sisters 18 and 19, their mother
46, and a lesbian friend 22. It is full of well-written dialogues between the five
In various situations including sexual relations. The drama moves fast right
from the start and it is impossible not to read it as quickly as possible (it
can be read in less than three hours} to an ending that is totally unexpected
and explosive. A complex drama that moves with its own momentum towards
one liberating ending to all its beginnings.
Daniel McNeill
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