There's a scene in the movie "Iron Man" where the bad guy is holding one of his chief scientists by the collar and snarling at him, wanting to know why he can't duplicate Tony Stark's Iron Man suit. He thinks he can force this technology out of people. It is an illusion as virulent in the executive MBA mindset as it is in politicians, I think!
Mame, that amazing technology is borne of creative individuals, not committees. Such can technology can only happen in two places: death-struggle war (where do you think computers came from?), or in a free market of self interest and prosperity. World War II showed that technologically, creative individuals switched their focus from commercial to wartime pretty well -- good enough to win WWII. Aviation-wise, it may have been pretty touch-and-go with the Germans (!!!), but the technological leadership of America's war machine was powered by capitalism and the free market, and that must have been crucial to our victory in that war, I would think.
What will power the war machine you envision in that fabulous, most impressive post? I think the post was powered by fear and anquish. Calm reality reassures us that communism is as destined to fail as a ice cube in the sun is destined to melt. Reagan knew it, as sure as he knew the sun would rise tomorrow.
MMT, you mistake Windflier pretty badly, IMO.
There are about 90 million gun owners in the US of A at this point,,, Armed to the teeth,,, We have bought up the total ammo production of this country for about 18 months,,, Folks around here are fightin’ mad,,,
The Military has just under 2 million tops,,, LEO’s number about 750,000 tops,,, They mite have 25% total that would fight the people,,,
Thanks for being a realist. Some people confuse cynicism, pessimism, and fear for the trait of being realistic; they are blind and deaf to any positive elements. A true realist, in my book, identifies the good as clearly as the bad.
Right on the money, Finny. Communism has failed wherever and whenever it's been tried.
Zero & Co. think they're smarter than the force of historical precedent, but they're sadly mistaken. Mankind's innate longing and demand for freedom (as codified in our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution) will always triumph.
What will power the war machine you envision in that fabulous, most impressive post? I think the post was powered by fear and anquish. Calm reality reassures us that communism is as destined to fail as a ice cube in the sun is destined to melt. Reagan knew it, as sure as he knew the sun would rise tomorrow.
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Don’t be so sure of yourself, mr calm reality barcalounger luggard!
communism is destined to fail AFTER all else has failed and after communism is allowed to take root exclusively and fail MASSIVELY!
put that in your pompous pipe and smoke it, mr too smug for me. There is no such thing as victory without sacrifice. Your ignorance(arrogance) is going to smack you (or your progeny) upside the face someday. maybe someday before you’re too old to not know what happened.
i on the otherhand am positioning my chess pieces for defense, not offense. You idiots can go right ahead and burn yourself out on palin and jindal and other such schmucks. Knock yourself out. I’m watching and calculating and chuckling.
Knowledge is the only defense. learn or die. Guns are but the last refuge of the cornered defenseless minority...or the tyrant. i plan to be neither. You can make your own plans.
btw, germans surpassed anglos in war technology by FAR. it was british code breaking efforts combined with american massive manufacturing capacity that broke the germans. We(americans) threw more tanks and jeeps at them than they had bullets. And the british(with american helpers) code breakers told us where to throw the most “stuff” at them for the greatest effect.
otherwise, the germans had the whole world whupped. Like it or not, that is the facts jack.