| Re: Nice Things to Talk About
Really good post SkySurfer. Still, I'm not as pessimistic as you; I hope in a few generations we can all "learn to get along." But I know one thing: if it happens, it will take a concerted, constant effort to curb the natural aggressive tendencies of the human race. Biological evolution operates very slowly compared to cultural evolution. How the interaction between the two will play out is the determining factor for our future.
In any event it won't happen in our lifetime, so I'm certainly one who thinks we should have a very strong defense. Those who think spending less than 4% of our GDP on defense (as we do today right in the middle of a war) is "too much" have no sense of history.
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