Which Way Is America Heading?
At this historic moment, as climate-change-induced resource wars appear imminent and spontaneous revolutionary fervor is erupting around the world, it would be good for the people of America, and those who want to be America, to do a bit of soul searching. It would be wise to take this opportunity to ask some fundamental questions about US foreign policy which are continually ignored. Why do we maintain an all-but-irreversible worldwide system of over 1,000 military bases, stations and outposts? Why do our troops serve on the soil of 175 of the 192 member states of the United Nations? And why, at a time when our national debt is spiraling ominously out of control, are we spending more on our military than all the rest of the nations of the world combined?
Of course, the deeper psychological question at the heart of all this is: What are we so afraid of? Why are we trying so hard to control everything? Why can’t we relax and be less fearful of the other? And then, finally, there is this inspiring and uplifting question to ponder: Can we rediscover our ideals as a nation and learn once again how to cast that magical soft-power spell which so enthralled most of humanity in the decades after World War II?
Or is it too late now?
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Anonymous
Simply put, people do not want to see a sequel to 9/11.
Anonymous
Simply put, people do not want to see a sequel to 9/11.
Anonymous
I'm 18 and starting uni in 5 months and really don't know what to say...I sense everything is gonna get back to basics anytime soon, face to face conversations and all. Seems out of reach now yet with hope will be the start of something...
Anonymous
I'm 18 and starting uni in 5 months and really don't know what to say...I sense everything is gonna get back to basics anytime soon, face to face conversations and all. Seems out of reach now yet with hope will be the start of something...
Gimbal
"climate-change-induced resource wars "? Um, citation needed!
Oh, is it the old "war for oil" banner being flown again? How quick we are to consume our own assumptions!
Well hey, though, at least the "crazy new shit" looks more colorful. I'll buy that, for a dollar!
I'd say, we're headed in a direction not on such a bipolar map - if it could be found on a single map, at all. Imagination is there, but not divorced of reason - to be so simply figurative.
Gimbal
"climate-change-induced resource wars "? Um, citation needed!
Oh, is it the old "war for oil" banner being flown again? How quick we are to consume our own assumptions!
Well hey, though, at least the "crazy new shit" looks more colorful. I'll buy that, for a dollar!
I'd say, we're headed in a direction not on such a bipolar map - if it could be found on a single map, at all. Imagination is there, but not divorced of reason - to be so simply figurative.
DrHyphen
The conflict in Darfur is absolutely a "climate change-induced resource war." Unlike Sudan's other problems, it isn't a war over religion or ethnicity. It's a conflict over water. Desertification in Sudan causes droughts, which have uprooted Baggara herdsmen and put them into direct conflict with the people of Darfur as they compete for limited water resources for farming. This spiralled out of control into what we now call the Janjaweed, leading to genocide.
DrHyphen
The conflict in Darfur is absolutely a "climate change-induced resource war." Unlike Sudan's other problems, it isn't a war over religion or ethnicity. It's a conflict over water. Desertification in Sudan causes droughts, which have uprooted Baggara herdsmen and put them into direct conflict with the people of Darfur as they compete for limited water resources for farming. This spiralled out of control into what we now call the Janjaweed, leading to genocide.
ZARDOZ
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ZARDOZ
Zardoz speaks to you!
You are the Chosen Ones. You have been raised up from Brutality to kill the humans that multiply and are legion.
To this end, Zardoz, your God, gave you the gift of the gun.
The gun is good.
The penis is evil.
The penis shoots seeds, and makes new life to poison the Earth with the plague of men.
But the gun shoots death, and purifies the Earth of the filth of humans.
Go forth and kill!
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