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>To do that you need to prove that you are there to govern, that means deploying troops/police in massive numbers and a court system that works. Thomas Barnett
by evv555 11y ago
>To do that you need to prove that you are there to govern, that means deploying troops/police in massive numbers and a court system that works.
Thomas Barnett did a TED talk on this issue that I found very thought provoking.[1] The cliff notes version is the military is optimized for battle at the expense of nation-building. The defense budget that produces state of the art weapons could theoretically produce state of the art nation-building processes/technology but that's not happening due to a variety of political and ideological reasons.
1. https://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_barnett_draws_a_new_map_for_peace https://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_barnett_draws_a_new_map_for...
- alanwatts 11y ago>There exists a realizable, evolutionary alternative to our being either atom-bombed into extinction or crowding ourselves off the planet. The alternative is the computer-persuadable veering of big business from its weaponry fixation to accommodation of all humanity at an aerospace level of technology, with the vastly larger, far more enduringly profitable for all, entirely new World Livingry Service Industry. It is statistically evident that the more advanced the living standard, the lower the birth rate. -Grunch of Giants, Buckminster Fuller http://www.amazon.com/Grunch-Giants-Buckminster-Fuller/dp/0974060518 http://www.amazon.com/Grunch-Giants-Buckminster-Fuller/dp/09...