Reply #111: Gee whiz

[gordianot]

What's the difference in State owned corporations who make a profit, and Corporations who own States making a profit? Great Britain, France etc. all embraced Socialism to varying degrees. The United States has socialist programs that are very popular as Bush recently discovered. Both State Owned Corporations and Corporate owned States make enough money to throw crumbs to the masses. Somewhere there is a hierarchy, oligarchy that is doing a lot better than masses, it happens in worker paradise as well as capitalist states. Give them enough of what they want (both Communist-Socialist-Capitalist) to keep them happy, free medical care, cheap education, cheap cars, the baubles of consumables, sports etc., as long as the washed and unwashed masses do not take up pitch forks and torches.

In the meantime waste all the money you can on military expenditures, foreign adventures, wars of liberation, wars of aggression. Frankly I'm sick of it all. The 20th Century was a bloody mess and the 21st Century promises more of the same (even though I see some hope). We are still allowing children to starve in cities with great wealth.

I wasn't referring to the Internet on the technological revolution it is closely related. Computers have other applications in material fabrication, what was once done with multi million dollar equipment can be accomplished at a fraction of the cost. Nano technology, Genetic modification is also on the way. Much the same as we have seen Computers speed double, the ability of computer technology in fabrication is really dropping in price to the point of being individually affordable . Before long third world nations may be able to waste money building their own military hardware. There is also the possibility that people will return to cottage industries and creativity.

I've had more than a few political science courses, read extensively, done some traveling. Most of what you hear and read in Political Science is crap. Mix up hard core Communist, and Neo-Cons they are all egocentric assholes doing what they need to do to survive. I choose think for myself