The Truth Is We Need To Be A Democratic Socialist State Like Sweden, Norway, et al.

[hunter]

21. Ah, the World War II fantasy U.S.A....

.... rah, rah, protectors of the free world!

Not.

The U.S.A. experience of World War II was unique in history.

Our Industrial and Agricultural "heartlands" were beyond the reach of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. Their airplanes couldn't go that far, and their navies couldn't get close except for a few hit-and-run sorts of adventures; from the Japanese a few firebomb balloons, and incidents like the glorious attack of Elwood, California.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Ellwood

As the world became a smaller place post WWII and atomic weapons and missiles were perfected, then the game world domination by military might became as simple as Tic-Tac-Toe, stalemate after stalemate after stalemate between players who were not entirely insane.

Cold War.

And smaller "wars" became very very messy.

Korea, Vietnam, hell, Grenada or Nicaragua, how'd those work out for us?

The modern international economy is too fragile for the kind of "protection" our Military-Industrial-Complex pretends to provide. It's a house of cards. The greatest threat to the system today a financial meltdown, a loss of religious faith in the "hard" currencies" and their bankers, or else the sandal wearing queer pacifist like Jesus Christ or Mahatma Gandhi.

That's why all the world's authoritarians build huge machines to monitor all communications. They are not afraid of one another, they are not afraid of stomping about in Iraq or Ukraine, but they are terrified of the wild cards, good or evil, peaceful or violent, who would disrupt the existing "order."

Even should they succeed for now, Mother Nature will kick them to the curb. They will be gone, but many humans living in poverty will survive for no other reason than that there are so many of them.