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I just threw out an arbitrary number (on the lower end for humor)
Point being, you were just kids and kids don't generally engage in politics
I remember being really active and engaged for Ross Perot and none of my peers knew anything politically
SlowUpTake
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i can still hear that sucking sound
TomasM
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This says it all. The largest business in the United States is its military and this has been the case for a very long time. Both parties vote for it and war is how it extracts its value. In this video, Trump specifically states that Spain is not going to pay like everyone else in Europe so they will have higher tariffs and pay more in that way - to me, this is extortion. Furthermore, there is no way that NATO countries would agree to the increase in military spending without the proof that value would be extracted - Trump proved it when he destroyed that mountain in Iran. This is the trigger that opened up the coffers and allowed the west to unite under the tent pole of war induced economics. This is akin to paying the mob “protection” because it tells you that you’re going to pay.
There is two sides of this coin because a strong military is necessary to maintain peace and there are governments that will attack if weakness is recognized. This forces us to consider, where is the balance. Nobody wants to pay for the military and everyone wants the protection from it, but gaining economically through war should not be the catalyst for contributing. It’s not just Trump, it’s all of them.
There is two sides of this coin because a strong military is necessary to maintain peace and there are governments that will attack if weakness is recognized. This forces us to consider, where is the balance. Nobody wants to pay for the military and everyone wants the protection from it, but gaining economically through war should not be the catalyst for contributing. It’s not just Trump, it’s all of them.
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A world wired for profit may be challenged though. Profit is so often attached to development and modernity. Centuries later people start clamoring for sustainable development, which is a paradox in and of itself. Of course, profiteers argue climate change is a hoax and those confident they won't have offspring alive long enough to endure the consequences of the rape of the earth resign with an it is what it is mentality, because it really is. There is literally nothing we can do, realistically. At this turn in humanity's "progress", without any reshaping of the values of acquiring more for one's self which society currently holds, death after the rape of this planet is inevitable. Unless we start to challenge the concept of profit and acquisition and shift toward beliefs of cooperation for the balanced and harmonious survival of all, our specie will be stuck in a hamster wheel of its making until it dies from its own run.
