I Am Not A Prophet; I Cannot

Some Dozens Of Years Ago, There Was A Debate Conducted Between People Insisting That "this Loaf Of Bread Must Be Redistributed," And The Others Who Said "instead Of Worrying About Redistributing It, Cutting Differently, Let's Make It Bigger." A Third Possibility Was Not Imagined: That The Loaf May Be Shrinking. But It Is Now A Genuine Possibility. It Is Even Acting Upon Already, Like In The Case Of The American Invasion Of Afghanistan And Of Iraq In Order To Secure The Supply Of Petrol For The Americans Addicted To Gas-guzzling Cars.

Throughout Early Modernity There Were Very Strong Pressures On Jews To Assimilate. Assimilating Meant Cutting Your Ties With The Community Of Origin.

We Already Have - Thanks To Technology, Development, Skills, The Efficiency Of Our Work - Enough Resources To Satisfy All Human Needs. But We Don't Have Enough Resources, And We Are Unlikely Ever To Have, To Satisfy Human Greed.

We Are Already And Will Remain All In The Same Boat.

Security Is The Slogan For People Who Feel Unable To Function By Their Own Means.