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    How does the World view America these days?

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    "yea so all is well then" 

     

    that's basically the most insincere response possible, apart from denying the facts. no-one is arguing all is well. so why bother making that argument? need a straw man?

     

    Im not denying the facts that the graph illustrates, I'm suggesting that it obscures the realities of such 'development'. 

    Now That Trump's President... (not any more!)

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    It's almost like conservatives aren't the smartest people.

    Not all of them support King Orang though. Just his cult of poo-slinging degenerates that occupy one-third of the US demographic. Too bad I'm surrounded by them though.

     

     

     

    Ok, so Van Jones can be a bit tiresome. You shouldn't watch the entire thing. Might as well jump in around the 3.50 min mark. He actually makes a good point there.

     

     

    its as if the left doesnt exist...just a clear cut liberal vs con world...weird america

    How does the World view America these days?

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    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/23/texas-town-without-running-water-sandbranch

     

     

    The county provides roads, signage and law enforcement but doesn’t provide water infrastructure. Loessberg said the county looked at creating a new water utility for Sandbranch the 1990s but no one in the town wanted to run it. The well water can’t be cleansed of its pollution. And the county doesn’t see its role as paying for bottled water. Sandbranch’s decline may now be irreversible.

     

    “We tried to get them water but with the cost involved and a declining population was it good policy to spend millions of public dollars for 88 people?” Loessberg said. “With the community in the floodplain it’s unlikely there will be new development so there will be no new houses to share the cost of it.

     

    “Whenever you see poverty in a country as prosperous as ours, it’s disconcerting. We like to think we are better than that. I wish we could wave a magic wand, but it’s tricky. It’s complicated.”

     

     

    failed state

    Now That Trump's President... (not any more!)

    in General Banter

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    i think you exaggerate the negative impact of instability and chaos, as those are, to a certain degree, inherent to a democracy. whether or not the world is "ready" for it is highly arbitrary, i'd argue. regardless of this basic power politics you mention. (i'd argue were currently more past basic power politics than any other time in history, and it will even still be a part of a global democracy. that's just human nature). the fact there's talk about a "vacuum" of power could be argued to be a sign of "going past basic power politics". whatever that means. but i don't see that as a prerequisite. there's always going to be some bullies trying the power play stuff. that's fine as long as they aren't in a dominant position. a vacuum implies they aren't.

     

    in short: a bit of instability, chaos and a power vacuum are good signs, i'd argue. and as long as conflicts get resolved through diplomacy, this "global democracy" functions fine. it's likely a more chaotic version of democracy most people would like. but that's the only way it's going to work, i'm afraid. we just can't have all the stability we'd like as there are way too many conflicting interests.

     

    instability...basically something on the news for many....death and chaos for many more

    Now That Trump's President... (not any more!)

    in General Banter

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    How can the free market decide when most places in America have one ISP to choose from? And any other potential competitors would have to use the same infrastructure which was subsidized by taxpayers in the first place (not to mention having hundreds of millions or billions in capital to begin with). 

     

    There's no answer except money. Money money money.

     

    And this is one case where "Meh, both sides are bad." is demonstrably wrong. Democrats have consistently championed NN and are actually against the corporations shitting on the customer.

     

    2018: WATMM will be part of the dank package, and cost me $30 more/month

    indeed...the net is not just a market....potentially

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