The Rise and Fall of the City

?Nearly every urban setting in the world is fraught with conflicts between groups, so much so that political commentators can speak of votes and candidates mostly in terms of the demographic composition and impact of the vote. It is not only in Baghad were people struggle over the levers of Power. Rather, every election turns on the ?religious vote,? the ?black vote,? the business vote, the women's vote, etc. This is a sad commentary on the modern city, founded in the middle ages as a place of peace and commerce and which became the very foundation of civilization.? Hans-Hermann Hoppe's analysis of what ails cities.