imperatives and capabilities. Much of our lives are. So let's take a step back here, because what we're doing here is also applying a lot of lessons to the world we live in today, which is something I do want to do. But before we do that, let's just, with two questions. One has to do with how you view yourself as an analyst. And then I want to talk about your cyclical theory of history, which breaks down into institutional and socioeconomic cycles, which is very important and something I want the audience to understand before we continue this conversation. So first of all, just real quick, do you consider yourself primarily a political theorist, a historian, a philosopher, or something else? How would you describe yourself? I've been all these things at once. I am now bad word for this futurist, because it's... Sounds like you have a crystal ball and an apk in your head. Yeah. What I do is I'm a realist. I'm not interested in personalities. I'm not interested in ideology. The ideology (30/44)
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