"The strength or weakness of a society depends more on the level of its spiritual life than on its level of industrialisation. Neither a market economy nor even general abundance constitutes the crowning achievement of human life. If a nation's spiritual energies have been exhausted, it will not be saved from collapse by the most perfect government structure or by any industrial development. A tree with a rotten core cannot stand." Aleksandr Solzhenistytn When in university, I had a friend about 35 years ago who was what we would describe as a Leftist now. On any issue, be it education, politics, finance, health, etc., he would go entirely Left and tell me how Communism was far better than Capitalism in dealing with it. During that time, world ideologies were separated into the West and East of Churchill's Iron Curtain. The West was the USA and its allies, and the East was the USSR and its allies. My friend, who is a Professor now, would go on for hours on how Communi...