[extropy-chat] Human Machinations

[Dirk Bruere]

On 2/11/06, Keith Henson <hkhenson at rogers.com> wrote:
>
> At 07:33 PM 2/9/2006 -0800, you wrote:
> >More dangerous than the Cold War era? you can't prove that.
>
> No, but an EP based theory strongly suggests it.
>
> >The danger of a large conflagration of course is a nagging worry as it
> was
> >from 1947- ' 89, but also worrisome is a drawn-out struggle continuing
> >longer than the forty years of the Cold War, which could bankrupt America
> >in the same way the Soviet Union was bankrupted.
> >And what is the current war? It is a culture war writ on global scale:
> >we're attempting to impose our commercial values on Islam, and many
> >Islamics want to impose their religious values on us.
> >
> > > They certainly are. Can you say why these times are dangerous and
> times
> > >10, 20 or 50 years ago were less dangerous?
> Just considering the Islamics, why now and not years ago?


Because years ago the disaffected went Communist/Marxist and were supported
by the USSR. The Islamics were then our 'friends' who we helped build up
against those Goddless Communists. Now Capitalism is triumphant and the only
alternative ideology is Islam.

Dirk
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