Cog wrote:And no freedom.
onlooker wrote:Cog wrote:And no freedom.
Freedom in a diminished and ravaged world is pointless !
vtsnowedin wrote:
Really Ralfy? When I'm talking about 57 chevy assembly lines being over taken by robots and day care you want to throw in statistics for Zimbabwe?
SeaGypsy wrote:Newfie, our posts went up within seconds of each other & neither of us quoted. I don't think either Cog or me are ignorant of the angle you are coming from at all. Without writing an essay, i think you know what I'm getting at also. Our solution is the Phoenix & ashes, yours is Soilent Green.
Well many of those "average" people are living in socialist countries controlled by dictators. That is the main cause of their poverty.ralfy wrote:vtsnowedin wrote:
Really Ralfy? When I'm talking about 57 chevy assembly lines being over taken by robots and day care you want to throw in statistics for Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe? That's an ave. for most people.
And this thread is not limited to what happens in the U.S.
vtsnowedin wrote:... Well many of those "average" people are living in socialist countries controlled by dictators. That is the main cause of their poverty.
I prefer to focus on things here in the USA and leave the rest of the world to solve their own problems, or not.
SeaGypsy wrote:Newfie, our posts went up within seconds of each other & neither of us quoted. I don't think either Cog or me are ignorant of the angle you are coming from at all. Without writing an essay, i think you know what I'm getting at also. Our solution is the Phoenix & ashes, yours is Soilent Green.
GHung wrote:vtsnowedin wrote:... Well many of those "average" people are living in socialist countries controlled by dictators. That is the main cause of their poverty.
I prefer to focus on things here in the USA and leave the rest of the world to solve their own problems, or not.
Yes. We'll make all of our underwear, shoes, socks, computer parts, car parts, and...., and .....; all by ourselves. Enough for 320 million of us.
SeaGypsy wrote: There is no precedent for that & the premise is based on boundless resources- so it doesn't make sense. Whether it's VT's version, some kind of hyper nationalism, or localism, tribalism, whatever- if it doesn't fit with human nature somehow it's barely worth discussing. Globalism is based on cheap energy primarily, without which it will fail without the slightest doubt.
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