I assume you refer to the US or to some Western democracy (if not, please correct). You then truly to compare your "plight" to a country where since 1...
The guiding principle is simply that laws would be literally followed. Giving outright bribes isn't tolerated anywhere. Yet we all understand where th...
That some of the vaccines in use are of very new technology and different from classic vaccinations and we don't know what the long term effects of th...
It's not that recent as disease and pestilence have been the norm in human history. To have ships on quarantine for example is an age old way fight di...
It's the idea that people who don't fit into the peace-time society, have brawls with the police or end up in jail then show their potential as being ...
Starting from the basics, educated as being able to read. Then having basic education. It is not only that people can work in more technical jobs, but...
I agree with @"Banno" also on the paraconsistency. At least I can see both ways. It's just a thing were you focus. Similar to those pictures where you...
I guess you never have heard about about the Mamluks then. Slavery came in various ways in history. Not all were the type of slaves that were seen as ...
Isn't that why we have governments in the first place? Containing us? As this mask wearing, avoiding shaking hands and a two meter distance is staying...
Seems that vaccinated people have less probability to die, but otherwise it looks bleak. From CNBC: From Boston.com: Have to say it.... fuck. At least...
Yes, essentially it is like that. (I think that Monaco as a tiny city state can have basically the monarch as head of state as every Monegasque can go...
When the people go on with their lives and do not even know that their country is fighting a war with volunteers and drones in a country they couldn't...
In a time of peace and extensive globalization, the role of the corporation seems to be huge. They seem to wield huge power through lobbyists and the ...
I think it's very likely that we will have some countries collapsing to civil war especially in the Sahel region, that already is hit the most. For ex...
Well, it works well for those in power wanting to hold on to the status quo. Why have Americans getting truly together under banners like "We are the ...
Then just what historical study shows a huge migration of people from the Western parts moving to East Rome that you are talking about. Seriously, I'v...
Those just justify the position. But it is interesting to see how these historical people were totally aware of what they do to other people in war, b...
The distrust nations share doesn't go easily away. The Swiss still have a large reservist army even if it is crazy to think that the EU countries woul...
Moving is a bad term here. Understanding the difficulties of reigning such a vast landmass, the Empire was divided peacefully to two parts. Eastern pa...
Yes, interesting. Yet I'm not so sure how successful these were and how much did actually go through. I remember that various Western oil companies we...
Thinking that having everybody going to tertiary education would improve the economy and the society is the error. Yes, a lot of people opt for easy s...
Like the majority here on this forum (I assume), I am a man of peace and never seen war personally. I really hope that I or my children never see war....
East-West rapprochement has a long history where some bankers weren't the only ones promoting this. The détente process was very important in part of ...
Germany and Japan are societies with social cohesion and functioning institutions that were forced to seriously look at how disastrous their former ag...
In the Chinese example you had the Chinese understanding after Mao's death that strict central planning under Marxist guidelines simply doesn't work a...
And with Operation Paperclip the US got 1600 German scientist to the US, very important guys that without the US wouldn't have gotten anybody to the m...
Yet that is a huge enabler. That the US can fight wars and intervene everywhere makes it the sole Superpower. When it cannot do that, it's no longer a...
Denmark has had a "corona-passport" for some time now. http://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210122160109-covid-vaccination-passport-denmark.jpg Here ...
I thought it was sarcasm, but today you never know. Yeah, it was 30 years ago so for many it's ancient history. Yet some have this romantic yearning f...
Strengthen international cooperation and make regional organizations take responsibility of their area. If the US (France, UK) would built up these or...
First huge step is to believe USSR statistics. A country where honest statisticians or economists reporting the actual data are silenced by putting th...
The deficit spending, which enables the US to spend way more than it gets (in taxes), enables it to fight perpetual wars in other continents. And the ...
We are all humans living on this planet, yet it's not only that. My wife is Mexican and I friends and in-laws in Mexico. I like them and trust them. T...
And that is a far too limited approach, because it totally ignores the important aspects that bind societies together and that make people feel part o...
First thing to remember: all countries with their own currencies have a central bank. The whole global monetary system is based on fiat currencies and...
No. I simply mean that there hasn't been a great war between the great powers for a long time. That is one thing to be grateful of. If there is a conf...
Francis Fukuyama and his idea of "End of History" was proven wrong ...even by himself. I think we should be happy about having even the existing globa...
Like to portray it like that? I'd be sceptical about the reason for "discrimination" being people's skin color. Let me explain. You see, discriminatio...
- As if postmodernist would be. Put this another way: when some school of philosophy becomes popular enough, a lot of mediocre and simply bad academic...
Well, we should add that many people don't care what happens outside their imminent neighborhood. Americans aren't the only example of this. Yet a lot...
In my view the UK has a distinct and quite strict class system, where it isn't just the upper class that preserves and maintains the class structure. ...
I guess Norway could... and then lose their Sovereign Wealth Fund (from Oil Revenue) by paying Corona-related indemnities. And unfortunately for findi...
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