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Its too bad the rest of the world is jealous of America
by bobbyald » Wed 16 Mar 2005, 13:22:49
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 't')he world is jealous of America
Everyday the UK gets more like the US.
Everyday I grow more convinced that we are heading in totally the wrong direction.
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by Malthus » Wed 16 Mar 2005, 13:47:39
Specop_007 this is sarcastic right?
Now lets go through a point by point rebutal
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'U')nderstandable of course, given we have the most powerful military
Now lets go through a point by point rebutal
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'U')nderstandable of course, given we have the most powerful military
US military power is pathetic by any standard. The US can not control military a medium 3rd world (almost stone age) country like Iraq without overstreching its ressources almost all of the combat ready divisions are pinned down in Iraq by 30-40000 light armed insurgents. Talk of draft become fashionable in the pentagon although the party that would resort to that is sure not to see president's office for a long of time.Most of the military personnel are fat bureacrats in bases in Germany, Japan , SK still preparing to repel a soviet (?!) attack. Generals and military planners live in Lo-La game box war land were marvelous robot planes and robot soldiers do the job, things are great you just need to pour down another few hundred billion(yes that is with nine digits) and everything will be fine, as their enemies (muslim fundamentalists) are tough people living in the objective reality. The average US soldier is a pathetic coward that thinks that dying for his shit suburbian country and a few bucks for Dick Cheney's friends aint good enough. Just compare that to the average german soldier's resolve to stand and fight against terribly overwhelming odds in WWII. The only real power that the US has is in its strategic nuclear arsenal but guess what Russia has this too and may turn all US cities population over 50000 into nuke craters and the US could do nothing to protect its citizens. China could easily produce a great amount of nuclear weapons in no time. Even worse third world rogue states with mad (or atleast seemingly mad) dictators like NK succesfully acquire nuclear weapons in order to avoid being bullied by the US Which encorages other maniacal regimes like Iran to acquire real WMD to become invasion proof.
Rule #1 of US warfare attack only defenseless countries, dont you even dare to think of invading someone that could put up a fight
Rule #2 Remember rule #1
Romans, byzantines,spanish, french, british and german at their prime would feel embarassed and offended by the feeble attempts of someone even to dare to compare them with the US.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'a') world spanning economy
Hmm what economy dare I ask? Inrerior designers, wedding consultants lawyers, personal fitness trainers?Apart from the agriclutural and mining sector the US economy is dead or dying. The US depends solely on the knidness and complacency of strangers. When speculators complacency ends they can flush the $ down the toilet and maket worth only as toilet paper. Foreign central banks that hold big $ reserves are in a game theory like situation. They used to think that there were in an endlessly repetitif game where only cooperation in buying $ permited them to achieve Pareto optimum. Now they become aware that the game might have an end. And the Cartel is shatered by backward deduction reasoning like in the prisoners dilema. Some small players are already going for the exit most of the others know that something terrible is going to happen but dare not take action because of complacency when this ends Katy bar the doors. The unpegging of the Renminbi will the last chapter of the $.If there is a sudden collapse of the $ the US will experience a sudden collapse of its energy and manufacturing imports so I guess we will be stuck with the inrerior designers, wedding consultants lawyers, personal fitness trainers.
As all this unfolds John and Jane sink evermore in debt and economyths explain to the unsuspecting public that 55$/bl is not a problem,twin deficts are benign and foreigners want to invest in America.In that time smart rich guys like Waren Buffet , Soros and Gates are unloading $ and taking deliveries in precious metals especially silver.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'f')ree people
Americans are by far the most ignorant and stupid nation in the developped world. Yep guys no excuses here. 20% of us citizens believe that the sun goes round the Earth (?!? Jordano Bruno, Kepler, Copernicus and Galileo are turning in their graves) another 20% think that the Earth goes around the sun but in 1 (?!) day.
http://www.csicop.org/sb/9909/candle.html
Read and laugh. How many believe creation or other stupid ideas as ghosts, humans and dinasaurs, aliens in the back yard. How many believe in old time superstitions what about those abstinence programs to reduce teen pregancies and sexually transmited disease if you mention that to an european he would laugh at you. I was even able to watch a creation/evolution debate where respected scientists had to debate with lower life forms.What do the average Joe know about the scientific method. To me the so called US freedom seems more like freedom from knowledge if this is the case I prefer the cruelest tyranny. As Democrit put it some 2400 years ago "I d rather discover the cause of one thing than be the king of Persia"
The "ruling elite" clearly reflects the situation of the general public.
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