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The US has 308 million people. A society this big will have outliers; Gitmo being one of them. And last I checked, Assange was _not_ in the US. And the ones wh
by ajays 16y ago
The US has 308 million people. A society this big will have outliers; Gitmo being one of them.
And last I checked, Assange was _not_ in the US. And the ones who are 'actively trying to prosecute Assange' are the _Swedes_ and the Brits; not the US.
The protectionist policies absolutely don't work beyond a small point. If they worked, then Baidu would be the number 1 search engine in Japan, Korea, Russia, etc. Is it?
A (protectionist) wall may keep the outsiders out; but it also keeps the insiders in....
- chc 16y agoI don't think anyone really believes the Swedes and the Brits are acting independently of the US on this one. But it all seems beside the point, since none of this has to do with business.
- binaryfinery 16y ago"A (protectionist) wall may keep the outsiders out; but it also keeps the insiders in...." As opposed to our policy, which is to give hundreds of billions of dollars to China every year. That's working out so well! Or are you one of these people that doesnt believe that empires fall, or that an empire can fall simply because it runs out of money?