SO -- politics... on my mind...
one: how do you prepare for peace? VS how do you prepare for war? -- Both the same in a complex diverse world where anything can happen on or around your borders?!
two: I read a couple of things about Trump ... since it is the 100 day point of his regime... and a thought that is on my mind is... WAR... Some of suggested a civil war could develop since our country is so divided. Another scenerio -- A WORLD WAR... which some might say has begun with the TRADE WAR... and the way to end any war is for the primary aggressor to be defeated. I am afraid to say ... it seems that Trump is the primary aggressive leader. In his first term he bombed in Syria which I thought at the time was a breach of International Law. Now the Trade War is his personally declared war with tarriffs and the harm to so many people everywhere is, I think, not balanced by any benefits the USA might reap in some long run...!! IF the problem is trade and unfair labor practices and/or subsidies in other countries .. we might answer that with subsidies to local industries. Our labor practices can probably be enhanced by more profit sharing by owners with their workers. There is, I think, another economic way to go instead of using tarriffs with their immediate devasting consequences here in the USA and in other countries. In fact I think we might suffer more in the short and medium run and maybe even the long run....
SO - War is The Issue. Do we Americans want any kind of war? Civil or global? One brings self-destruction and the other brings general destruction. Can we rebuild without war? YES - our industrial base needs redeveloping... or something. NOTE: our major industries were stagnant and successful for a while after WW2 while other countries rebuilt their industrial systems with modernized ways. Then - instead of playing catchup effectively we chose to buy cheaply from others who were more productive and who had different labor issues. The others didn't win. We played a losing hand while trade let us satisfy our consumption needs. We can correct without war and destruction ALTHOUGH - war and destruction is the old, tried way .. and thus easier to do. We know war! But we hate war -- or at least I do and I hope other do, too.
On trade ... consider this thought... We have oil and other ways of producing the energy to power industries AND for the past 70 years we have imported, cheaply, a lot of that energy, i.e. oil... thus depleting others while maintaining our own reserves. We did good for ourselves and others benefited, too, but TODAY we can move forward with great independence. Bring on solar -- even if from China. Bring on wind. And even oil, gas, coal, and nuclear... Just to be safe - keep it clean and secured.
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