Assorted Minor Corrections and Changes
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If you have read the book and were confused by any of the following errors, I regret the inconvenience. Because of that potential for confusion I felt it was important to post these corrections here on my website, with apologies that some of this may read like the USA Patriot Act, if you’ve ever tried to read that piece of legislation.
Page 6: in the table of contents, section 6.2.6 should have been titled, “Immigration”
Page 38: The bottom of the page should read, “…Congress appropriated another so many hundreds of millions of dollars to pay for the ongoing war…”
Page 39: Section 3.2: the third sentence should read, “Here let us consider a goal which will take generations to advance: peace, long-term peace; local self-sufficiency in the face of security emergencies; and the political re-ordering of the world in such a way that armaments factories can be shut down.”
Page 40: the semicolon before “they are making a killing” should have been a full colon.
Page 42: the paragraph beginning, “Competition is a natural instinct…” is not relevant to the discussion and should have been deleted.
Page 43: strike “incredibly” before “sophisticated technology” in the first full paragraph; at the bottom of the page strike “size of the” and replace “be drastically reduced” with “stand down.”
Page 47: In the third sentence of section 3.2.2.3 Iran, replace “all but” with “essentially”
Page 48: Third paragraph, replace “More probably” with “Alternatively”
Page 53: The first paragraph of section 3.2.2.6 Pakistan should have included a citation. I no longer remember where I found this information, I will find it again or find another source and post it here when I have time.
Page 60: The first sentence of section 3.2.5 should read “As shall be discussed again in chapter 8…” This error is due to a pre-production revision to the book’s structure, I apologize for the oversight.
Page 61: In the footnote, strike “Emphasis added.” The text initially included a direct quote from the article cited; however I was unable to obtain permission to use the quote (or any response at all) from the article’s authors, and in the end did not include the quote either with or without any emphasis.
Page 91: Formatting error: there is an extra space at the top of the page.
Page 92: The last sentence of the second paragraph should be split into two sentences, to read as follows: “While charity is commendable, it does not address the underlying problems. Our society as a whole should agree to a plan for an actual long-term solution.” Charity in this sense should be understood as being distinct from proper development aid under the auspices of various United Nations programs which are aimed at just this sort of long-term solution.
Page 97: Section 5.2.2, second paragraph, strike the word “other,” which would seem to incorrectly imply that the United States is one of the countries with public health care systems.
Page 102: Second full paragraph should conclude, “the general discussion of paying for this and other social programs may be found in section 8.2.2.4.” The erroneous reference to chapter 9 was due to the change in the book’s structure as mentioned above. I apologize for the error.
Page 113: second paragraph from the bottom, replace “environment” with “economy”
Page 116: immediately prior to section 5.6, another incorrect internal reference; in this case it should read “Possible remedies for the problem of affordable housing are offered in section 8.2.5.”
Page 123: The final sentence of section 6.1.5, amend to read, “This topic is discussed further in section 8.2.1.”
Page 132: section 6.2.6 should have been titled “Immigration”
Page 138: In the final paragraph, strike “advocated and.” Regarding the last sentence: by the time the book came back from the printers, Congress had already defeated my idealism by passing into law a bill that excused telecommunications companies for their participation in illegal surveillance activities.
Page 142: Third paragraph should have specified that the study in question was conducted in the year 2006.
Page 142: Fifth paragraph, first sentence: replace “should” with “must”
Page 155: Third paragraph: Strike “in Congress” because this principle applies to ALL government officials, not only those who serve in Congress.
Page 159: First full sentence, insert the word “the” to read “…a hierarchical, pyramidally tiered class structure has historically often accompanied the development of agriculture.”
Page 189: near the top of the page, the internal reference to section 7.2.6 is erroneous. The reference should have pointed to section 6.1.3. I regret the error.
Page 196: Final paragraph: This isn’t actually a correction, but my beautiful wife Jessica has requested more details on when legislation like this has been implemented in the real world and what the results were. I hope to post a blog entry discussing this topic when I have time.
Page 198: First sentence, replace “propose” with “believe”
Page 199: Third paragraph, after the mention of the Farm Bill, insert “See also section 8.2.11″
Page 205: Section 9.3, first paragraph: it has been pointed out to me by readers that while the Nazis utilized religious symbology, religious stigmas, and religious fervor, they were primarily a political organization, not a religious organization. While I don’t feel my statement is entirely incorrect, I agree that it could have been worded more precisely in this instance.
Readers who find additional errors in the text are encouraged to contact me. These errors will be corrected in future editions. Thank you!