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My hope is that when we don't have to live up to our national ego by fighting stupid wars and pretending everything's fine when it isn't, we'll begin to understand that the point of living together is for all of us to have good (fed, sheltered, safe, opportunity laden) lives.
by Urizen on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 06:34:36 PM PDT
Like a rubber that is pulled to far, it bounces back further than where it originated. Our decline may be dramatic and swift.
I fear the chaos and fear that may be unleashed.
The Great Depression of the saw a huge increase in organized crime and the birth of the mafia in America.
The social upheavals of the 1960's saw rioting in the inner cities.
The malaise of the 1970's saw a bump up in violent crime and narcotics.
I fear that a dramatic decline would unleash the same kind of chaos and violence.
John W. McCain, Bush's third term.
by aaraujo on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 06:43:05 PM PDT
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not a "rubber", that is!
:)
by aaraujo on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 06:43:47 PM PDT
When Europe recovered from it's "failure of empire" it's populace turned toward peace and security (stuff like healthcare). Now they're propering and the food is good (no GMOs) etc.
by Urizen on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 06:55:10 PM PDT
produced World War I and that in turn led to World War II.
It was recovery from these European civil wars that put it on the "right track"
by aaraujo on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 06:56:39 PM PDT
their colonial empires endured into the late fifties and early sixties (70's in the case of portugal). When they gave up on them (and after the fiasco of WWII) they stopped thinking of themselves as military entities, they began to govern for the sakes of their citizens instead of the glory of their states.
by Urizen on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 07:02:00 PM PDT
decolonization was necessary because postwar recovery became too costly
by aaraujo on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 07:06:44 PM PDT
wide narrow
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