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Originally Posted by cw1865
Astute, as usual. Global problems naturally call for global solutions. Your analogy to a ship is well taken, not only is the ship sinking, but it has more than one captain.
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But only one
captain on this ship
USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) is the tenth and last
Nimitz class supercarrier of the
United States Navy. How much did they cost?
The danger with such "toys" is that there is a tendency to use / test them, like the rocket shield in Eastern Europe. It has its own logic and dynamics. Now Napoleon and Hitler have been on a visit to Russia. Don't look at the army that go in. Look at the army that returns.
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Originally Posted by cw1865
In the future, this represents the single largest threat to national sovereignity. Whereas in the past it was military conquest, the future may well see a 'surrender' couched in terms of a legal delegation of authority to global entities.
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Mr. Market is as I have told repeatedly, the worst dictator you will ever meet.
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Originally Posted by cw1865
For larger countries, this is a concern, for smaller countries its even a greater concern inasmuch as their national individuality will dissolve like a sugar cube in a cup of coffee.
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Yes, there are at least three countries that can close their borders. In alphabetical order:
Norway, with about 50 % openenss will sink (are sinking) with the big ship (the global economy).