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Even accepting what I think are very inaccurate perceptions of US and world international relations needs, what would we replace it with? Also, back to our top
by wolverine876 3y ago
Even accepting what I think are very inaccurate perceptions of US and world international relations needs, what would we replace it with?
Also, back to our topic, how do you handle secrecy? Again, obviously some things must be secret, some things public.
Absolute answers are too easy - nothing, everything, destroy the entire foreign policy establishment, etc. We need real ideas and answers.
- taraharris 3y agoThere's no need to "destroy" the entire foreign policy establishment. We just need to force them to operate without the secrecy and privileges they presently enjoy and exploit so they can be subject to the democratic process. Surely this is better than to suffer more wars like Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. EDIT (apparently my responses are being throttled): In response to wolverine876's question below, "How would secrecy be managed?" We don't need any secrecy or statecraft. We're so large and established that we can do everything out in the open. Russia and China know where our missiles, bases, ships and submarines are, and we know where their are. The only people in the dark about everything are the citizens in both countries. A similar argument was made against Linux when open-source was new. It turns out you don't need any closed source code at all to run a successful project.
- wolverine876 3y agoI'm still not sure what solution you are suggesting. How would secrecy be managed?