Ray Evans Harrell wrote:
[snip]
> The Soviet Union
> did many things better than us and they had a terrible agricultural dilemma
> in their growing cycle and weather. China does not share that
> disadvantage.
[snip]
> It is also crucial that we not believe that Capitalism is the sole reason
> that we won the Cold War and the Soviet System collapsed. That we
> seriously examine the differences in their work structure and incorporate
> their successes if we are going to survive the collapse of the Industrial
> Era's old age and out of date answers to completely new situations that
> Capitalists never faced before.
[snip]
> I would also say that Brad's observation about his friend in the post " The
> [mis]adventures of private property under capitalism (case study)" is just
> another example of such systemic confusion in Capitalism.
[snip]
Ray: Are you citing my [IMO alas not original or unique...] story as:
(1) What I describe in the story being an example of the systemic
confusion in Capitalism, or (2) My interpretation of what I
describe in the story being an example of the systemic confusion
(i.e., are you asserting that I am systemically confused?), or (3)
both #1 and #2, or (4) other?
> Enjoy the article.
I agree that it is a very good article.
>
> Ray Evans Harrell
>
> September 29, 2002
> Contradictions of a Superpower
> By ROBERT WRIGHT
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> But the report's [ i.e., Bush's security manifesto's(?)]
> biggest failing may lie in ignoring radicalism's
> intersection with another kind of technology. It is information technology -
> satellite TV, Web sites, e-mail, cell phones - that with growing efficiency
> will convert amorphous hatred of the United States into the organized
> radicalism that can employ weapons of mass destruction.
> Thus the global diffusion of technology means American policies that
> generate hatred "on the street" abroad will be more and more likely to lead
> to terrorism.
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Again, I think the article is very good, but I think it
might be relevant to consider here that Mr. Atta and his
19 or so comrades gravely disrupted the United States, inflicting
at least $40 billion damage for a $500,000 investment WITHOUT
USING ANY "WMD" AT ALL! Similarly, the U.S.S. Cole was knocked
out of service for 18 months with repair costs in the
several $100 million range by a dinghy loaded with
non-WMD explosives. And, in Mr. Atta's case, he used our own
resources to hurt us (we not only have lots of
commercial jetliners, but we also have lots of WMD's here in the United
States!).
Our enemies may not need weapons of
mass destruction to destroy us: Please do not forget that
a big reason the Bush administration did not pay much
attention to AlQaeda in 2001 was that the Bush administration
was busy protecting us from rogue nation ICBMs! Maybe
our focus on weapons of mass destruction needs to be placed in
a broader context of
attention to the factors of human intelligence and human commitment
to a cause.
\brad mccormick
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