Well, the space race was a great thing for humankind in the knowledge and capabilities it gave us.
And, fear is a way better motivator than just about anything else, in my disappointed observation. Look how fear of terrorists caused everybody to cede authority to Shrubya, even when we knew he'd take us into this stupid war.
So, I guess we need some really good agit-prop about how the Chinese are going to take over the world.
The thing that really did us in was the absence of another superpower. This might help . . .
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Date: 2005-12-08 07:00 pm (UTC)And, fear is a way better motivator than just about anything else, in my disappointed observation. Look how fear of terrorists caused everybody to cede authority to Shrubya, even when we knew he'd take us into this stupid war.
So, I guess we need some really good agit-prop about how the Chinese are going to take over the world.
The thing that really did us in was the absence of another superpower. This might help . . .