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Conclusions

In: The Invisible Republic

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  • Robbie Smyth

    (Griffith College)

Abstract

The society we live in today is far from any ideal envisaged by republicans. For anyone on the left, socialist, environmentalist, anarchist or other this is a place far from any utopia any of us would have planned. The market lead approach is too a failure. We have not created a free market system. What has been created is an increasingly dense chain of oligopolies and cartels spreading internationally. For those who believe in the power of social democracy and the potential of good government it is again a clearly far from ideal world we find ourselves in. For the individual citizen who sees themselves as a sovereign person removed and at odds from the turbulent demands of modern society they too are in a difficult place. The perceived freedom of many individuals is at best elusive, dependent on their ability to amass income and wealth as nothing else seems to be quite as potent in charting a course through modern society. There are solutions to these problems. We can make government work. We can resolve the seemingly conflicting tendencies and social forces in society. We can build real lasting freedoms.

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  • Robbie Smyth, 2022. "Conclusions," Springer Books, in: The Invisible Republic, chapter 0, pages 183-202, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-86734-8_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86734-8_8
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