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  1. Bassoe

    Debate on the U.S.'s long term strategic and technological goals in an increasingly multi-polar world.

    Not actually relevant. Once you've already got nuclear MAD deterrence, being able to blow up the rubble again is pointless, so long as the enemy can still destroy you in retaliation, you can't actually attack them and vice versa. Wunderwaffe are just expensive wastes of taxpayer money and any...
  2. Bassoe

    Debate on the U.S.'s long term strategic and technological goals in an increasingly multi-polar world.

    Pullman.
  3. Bassoe

    Debate on the U.S.'s long term strategic and technological goals in an increasingly multi-polar world.

    Problem Proposed Solutions Lack of payoff for collaborating with the system of civilization. The deal is, obey the laws and work and you get a decent quality of life. The deal has been broken. Work is either unavailable or doesn't yield the desired payoff. The system either fixes that, or...
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    Debate on the U.S.'s long term strategic and technological goals in an increasingly multi-polar world.

    Maybe it was decades ago. My experience with social studies was one hundred percent propaganda about the Original Sins of western civilization, actually learning history beyond slavery and the trail of tears was the result of hobbyist reading.
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    Debate on the U.S.'s long term strategic and technological goals in an increasingly multi-polar world.

    Resource dependency is one of, if not the greatest weaknesses in modern neoliberalism/globalism. Take the Saudis for example. They did 9/11. We know they did 9/11. Nevertheless, they're not a smoldering crater, Iraq is and they're still officially our "allies". Because we need them to keep...
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    Debate on the U.S.'s long term strategic and technological goals in an increasingly multi-polar world.

    Point is, the mainstream Right doesn't want to stop illegal immigration, their ideal world is one where the illegals are allowed in but are kept from citizenship so they can't vote Left while the Right's billionaire backers profit from an even-more-overcrowded housing market, underpay them for...
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