consider this : if any of these in Holland/Belgium/Germany/France have an accident on fukushima scale, the economy of about 50 million people would be destroyed; taking the rest of the world's economy down with it.
Africans were assholes to each other before the white man came and will be assholes to each other left to themselves. Pretty much like the rest of us.
'The rest of us' are doing quite better the last few decades(although the ass-holes are regaining control of society through banks and big industries now); chances are that without us whites intervening the Africans would have found a more balanced society much sooner.
No, I am advocating to not interfere: EVERY time an outsider tries to interfere in another country/region's policies and culture, it went south. If a country/region is ready for change, it will. 'Progress' and Democracy will ONLY come about when the people are ready for it.
Leave them all to kill each other over millennia old tribal conflicts?
Those millennia old tribal conflicts are rather recent, and spurred on by western companies delivering weapons to local warlords in exchange for free extraction of resources.
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They DONT compete, all those businesses are in the hands of a select few. that's the core of the problem, and they get away with it.
make the existing market more free than it is now
how do you want to do that, without tilting even more in favor of the big bucks, and against the consumer ?
the free market
That does NOT exist.
confirmed; sadly enough.
consider this : if any of these in Holland/Belgium/Germany/France have an accident on fukushima scale, the economy of about 50 million people would be destroyed; taking the rest of the world's economy down with it.
capitalism fail.
indeed.
Africans were assholes to each other before the white man came and will be assholes to each other left to themselves. Pretty much like the rest of us.
'The rest of us' are doing quite better the last few decades(although the ass-holes are regaining control of society through banks and big industries now); chances are that without us whites intervening the Africans would have found a more balanced society much sooner.
No, I am advocating to not interfere: EVERY time an outsider tries to interfere in another country/region's policies and culture, it went south. If a country/region is ready for change, it will. 'Progress' and Democracy will ONLY come about when the people are ready for it.
No, but they weren't slaughtering each other.
Leave them all to kill each other over millennia old tribal conflicts?
Those millennia old tribal conflicts are rather recent, and spurred on by western companies delivering weapons to local warlords in exchange for free extraction of resources.
tell me, how many children have been killed by cancer and hunger this year ? why does god allow that ?
atheism is not a religion, so freedom of religion is not entirely correct for me.
Every session of Congress begins with a prayer, too
That scares the hell out of me.
civil liberties
how about liberty from religion ?
http://www.relevantmagazine.com/life/current-events/features/24005-how-christian-is-the-tea-party
points out that every Tea Party meeting he has attended began in prayer
Tea Party ... . As a generally conservative/libertarian group of people, we want LESS government intrusion and regulation of our lives
sure. unless they can force a theocracy onto the US.
low taxes, small government, etc - and other tea party type things
don't fool yourself, they also want to meddle.
Too bad our ecosystem is not terribly static even in the best of times.
and holding a flame under it is a good idea how ?
they use Imperial gallons
WRONG. we use liters.
The vast majority of people would rather pay less money for a locked phone.
... and pay the difference in their phone bill, because they can't count. Locking the phone does not make the phone magically cheaper !
sure. my unlocked phone has cost me about 30 € if my phone bill wouldn't be paid by my employer, it would cost me about 10-20 € ...
you mean the debt that has been created to save irresponsible bankers ?
No, they don't.
http://www.evdl.org/docs/powerplant.pdf
EVs recharging from coal-fired plants will reduce CO2 emissions in this country from 17 to 22 percent
basically : burning gas in a normal car is hideously inefficient.
for this car, no INSANELY expensive wars have to be fought in the middle east ...