I 'd agree, Don ! Not just the bomb, there are several very powerful despots / despotic cliques riding their respective proverbial tigers. There are massive armies, much arms and armaments around, quite some with non - state actors, too. Several basic resources are projected to be in short supply. There is this very real danger of present inequities getting far too magnified, eroding belief, respect and committment to ' universal ' values.
I believe that at some stage, we would not be able to afford power - and money - found competition. Much will depend on whether we are able to live in cooperation, despite differences in power and riches, and national interests. Cooperation at reducing pollution, and global warming, at making appropriate technologies available to poor and developing economies, whatever their capacity to afford, would It is in this respect that the European model shows the way. And, EU could do this still better. On Jul 24, 11:12 pm, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Sheesh. I thought I had a swollen head. This guy knows what it's > like to be the smartest person in the room. That said, how in the > world can you speculate about 20 years from now and not even once > mention da BOMB? I'm sure he did it on purpose but why? Assuming > Europe isn't a giant crater by 2030 he may very well be correct. > Socialism will prevent people from improving themselves so our current > super-rich will become richer and not have to worry about competition > from new super-rich folk. Europe's combined GDP has been larger then > the U.S. for several years now and I don't see that changing; ever. I > personally believe even without a nuke going off in a major city his > outlook is entirely too rosy. > > dj > > > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 10:58 AM, frantheman<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > This is one vision of a possible world future: > > >http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,637830,00.html > > > Any comments? > > > Francis- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
