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Constitutional states seem to be the necessary middlemen between any form of globally concerted initiatives, e.g. in such fields as climate change or poverty, and the actual action at the level of local communities. Social thinkers, both of the libertarian and the communal persuasion, would say that constitutional states are just obsolete and cannot generate endogenously any useful change in themselves. Still, another possibility remains: constitutional states can create institutional change between them. Having spent the early years of his life in the communist Poland, the author is carrying a deeply ingrained conviction that anyone claiming to see an enlightened path of progress usually has quite mundane goals in mind. I think there is no path of light leading to a glorious future. Still, there is power, enormous power, in the consistent effort to figure out new ways of doing things. Perseverance in trying brings better results that one-time enlightenment.

Capitalistic Change in Constitutional States