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sources, per se. They were more interested in generalized views on government and society, and how those views might relate~to the nation’s energy problems was almost coincidental.
Hess was first to speak, and in acknowledgement of Mary Jamieson’s introduction, admitted: “Yeah, that’s right. I’m an anarchist. . .What that means.. .is you believe people are only citizens when they fully participate in their community.. .Since Republicans stopped being anarchists, I had to stop being a Republican.”
Hess was once a rabid Republican. He was one of Barry Goldwater’s speechwriters when the Arizona Senator ran for President. Now, he believes “there is no justification for the nationstate whatsoever. It cannot protect you. It cannot do any of the things it promises. There is no reason left for the nation-state.”
He documented his feelings, abou| how public education has failed, about how public police forces have failed, to the point where “citizens are just random spectators at a government spectacle. . .The state creates nothing, it is simply a consuming institution. .
And Karl Hess sees “very little difference between government and great corporations, “which he proceeded to denounce statistically and philosophically. Small industrial corporations are different, he thought, and he urged more attention to their nurture and well-being.
And getting to the supposed subject of the evening—solar energy—he warned against letting the “great institutions” lay claim to something which is essentially
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