[ExI] dolchstosslegende, was: RE: cost of SBSP and thorium

[Dave Sill]

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:57 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

> We have no choice in this.  We can do it now
> voluntarily and in an orderly fashion, or wait, and let it be horribly
> destructive chaos.
>

Ah, but that *is* a choice. And it's easy to imagine/pretend that the
disaster can/will be averted somehow. And given the choice between
guaranteed, voluntary hardship now and possible future mandatory hardship,
most voters/legislators lack the will to choose the former.

-Dave
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