Another African Utopia

[android1966]

Oh, I see what you mean. Yes, you're right.

I always wondered how New York harbor must have looked to Henry Hudson and the Half-Moon boys.

Actually the idea is rather interesting, how far do you think the native Americans would have progressed by now?

 

[Ally C]

Re: No, not true.

Redistribushionist land policies have failed in almost every instance of their application.

Yes; 'communal'/'communist' policies have an unfailing habit of ending in disarray. Strong leadership is required; pity that the 'strength' is measured by the amount of brute force used. It's all so ridiculous that if it wasn't so life and death serious it would be absolutely hilarious. It isn't.

 

[kotori]

Actually the idea is rather interesting, how far do you think the native Americans would have progressed by now?

It depends upon your definition of "progress." They might argue that they had it pretty good in pre-Columbian days. It seems that for every step "forward," we give up something. We have great transportation but terrible pollution. Great communication, but fears about privacy. Etc.

 

[android1966]

Sure, but in S America they were already building cities and had complex society. The Aztecs and such were even ahead of europe in a few things. Irrigation and farming for example were well ahead. They had ships, would they be crossing the Atlantic and visiting the europeans by now?

 

[p_p_man]

Robert Mugabe is a fascist.

He actually became a marxist when attending University in South Africa.

He dropped that cover for a few years when he entered general politics.

But the word on the street is that he's returning to the fold...

 

[p_p_man]

When we are done with the current war on terror

So we won't see America in Africa for another couple of hundred years.

If then...

 

[erosman]

Democracy is a foreign concept in tribalism.

I remember talking to my African house-help about the concepts of democracy and freedom of choice. There is a new generation of Africans that want to learn about liberty and the pursuit of happiness. They are hungry, but the politics of the West, and our timid approach to exporting democratic ideals is keeping them starving. I am convinced that the price of their freedom will be their own blood in revolutions, and time will be their greatest ally in the battle. As the world shrinks because of technology, the changes will undoubtedly occur. There are countless poverty stricken nations, whose people are anticipating change. I do believe it will happen.

 

[SINthysist]

Hey p_p_, maybe a job for the NHRE then?

I see Tony really developing a fondness for the ranch. Texas is a big place. Very tempting. A smooth talker like TOny could go far in American politics. As a senator for Texas, for example, he'd have more power than as, let us say, a prime minister of England.

 

[Ishmael]

lol

Hey p_p_, maybe a job for the NHRE then?

I see Tony really developing a fondness for the ranch. Texas is a big place. Very tempting. A smooth talker like TOny could go far in American politics. As a senator for Texas, for example, he'd have more power than as, let us say, a prime minister of England.

You have no idea how funny the mental picture of Tony 'cropping' in a western saddle is.

Where's PaganCowGirl when you need her?

Ishmael

 

[bored1]

Hey p_p_, maybe a job for the NHRE then?

I see Tony really developing a fondness for the ranch. Texas is a big place. Very tempting. A smooth talker like TOny could go far in American politics. As a senator for Texas, for example, he'd have more power than as, let us say, a prime minister of England.

LOL I see Tony as more of a sheep farmer

 

[Ishmael]

LOL

So we won't see America in Africa for another couple of hundred years.

If then...

Who cares p-p? We have all the resources except the chromium, and Russia is selling us that. DeBeers diamonds are a luxury, and while the women of America may be disappointed on their anniversary, they'll get over that too.

Like we've done so often before, we'll take the best and the brightest. Because we can.

And a hundred years from now or so, the "Great Famine and Plague" of Africa will be but a footnote in history.

Ishmael