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> You might be able to trace a bunch of evil things to it. For example, NSA spying and the invasion of Iraq. That is hand-waving. You might be able to. You als
by javert 13y ago
> You might be able to trace a bunch of evil things to it. For example, NSA spying and the invasion of Iraq.
That is hand-waving. You might be able to. You also might be able to trace JFK's assasination to a jilted lover.
The problems you speak of are more likely ideological, although the NSA issue might just be pure careerism (as there is no modern ideology that claims that 1984 is a utopian book).
- ryanackley 13y agoI think it's reasonable to assume that some of the political pressure to go to war or fund overreaching government programs is based on the corporate interests of government contractors. I didn't think I needed to connect the dots between corporate interests, federally funded jobs in legislators home districts, and American policy. It should be obvious but that is just my opinion.
- javert 13y agoSo you are saying that a majority of the legislators and the executive are all pursuing foreign wars... because some voters in their districts work for defense companies? I don't think that argument holds water because it's not true that defense employs an overwhelming number of people in the average legislative (Senate or Congress) district. Or are you saying they are directly being bribed large sums of money to do it? If so, please provide evidence. That doesn't seem plausible in the US where direct bribes are rare and can be caught. > It should be obvious but that is just my opinion. Oh, right. The reason your argument is not specific and empirical is because you are appealing to the "obvious" i.e. "your opinion." And I must be stupid to not see that your opinion is just obvious.
- ryanackley 13y agoThat isn't what I'm saying but I'm not going to argue with you. It's my opinion. I don't understand why you seem so angry about it.