Fantastic, Graham. You are saying what I have said for years (but not so eloquently as you) The main reason for continuing wars since August 1945 is to benefit the military industrial complex - against which Ike Eisenhower warned CORRECTLY as he was leaving office. First they sell their over-priced "lethal toys" to the military, then sooner or later the military brass "needs to play with them". This costs the taxpayers billions of dollars plus death of generations of young persons and wanton destruction of property - property being the basis for the existence of governments in the first place. - the basis for the snake biting its own tail story..
"Property is the basis for government"? You'll no doubt write a 'Rant" about that.
I always think that government is about defence. Government per se is defined within the arbitrary lines that criss-cross our maps. Their prime job is to control who crosses and doesn't cross that line. Illegal immigration is an impingement on that function and, because it's the core function, they get mad at it, just ... because. In principle. Sort of "That's our prime job and we suck at it. It must be someone else's fault." Tanking the economy just happens - not government's job. People out of work, too bad, it's not government's job. People can't afford to eat or find housing? Not government's job. Government's job is the black line thing.
The "artificial straight line" as described by Trump as separating the USA from Canada is rightly called that by him. From the lakes to the Pacific, it is as straight as a die. But it is no less artificial than every other border in the world, barring coastlines - they alone are products of nature; the rest, every last one, are products of war.
So, I contend that defence is what government is predicated upon. But, then, of what? Of the land? Of the people? Or of the line?
Fantastic, Graham. You are saying what I have said for years (but not so eloquently as you) The main reason for continuing wars since August 1945 is to benefit the military industrial complex - against which Ike Eisenhower warned CORRECTLY as he was leaving office. First they sell their over-priced "lethal toys" to the military, then sooner or later the military brass "needs to play with them". This costs the taxpayers billions of dollars plus death of generations of young persons and wanton destruction of property - property being the basis for the existence of governments in the first place. - the basis for the snake biting its own tail story..
"Property is the basis for government"? You'll no doubt write a 'Rant" about that.
I always think that government is about defence. Government per se is defined within the arbitrary lines that criss-cross our maps. Their prime job is to control who crosses and doesn't cross that line. Illegal immigration is an impingement on that function and, because it's the core function, they get mad at it, just ... because. In principle. Sort of "That's our prime job and we suck at it. It must be someone else's fault." Tanking the economy just happens - not government's job. People out of work, too bad, it's not government's job. People can't afford to eat or find housing? Not government's job. Government's job is the black line thing.
The "artificial straight line" as described by Trump as separating the USA from Canada is rightly called that by him. From the lakes to the Pacific, it is as straight as a die. But it is no less artificial than every other border in the world, barring coastlines - they alone are products of nature; the rest, every last one, are products of war.
So, I contend that defence is what government is predicated upon. But, then, of what? Of the land? Of the people? Or of the line?