[extropy-chat] Politics

[Dirk Bruere]

On 12/24/05, Samantha Atkins <sjatkins at mac.com> wrote:
>
> I would argue that Bush, being the leader of the most powerful nation on
> earth, could easily come up in quite extropic conversations.  Now I can see
> that the occupant of the Oval Office's sex habit are not relevant.  But his
> attitudes toward freedom, science and so no could well be.  Other than that,
> I agree.
>

Bush and US politics gets a lot of airplay here because most on this list
live in his sphere of direct influence.
If we were talking politics proportional to future effect then there would
be a lot more here on Chinese politics, politicians and policies. China is
currently No2 in the world when measured on a PPP basis
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ch.html
I would guess that within a decade it will have overtaken the US to become
the major industrial power when measured in these terms.

Dirk
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