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1.17.2003
As the story goes, the Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War, in its attempt to win an arms race with the United States went bankrupt and collapsed. It brings to mind images of two drag racers heading towards a cliff at tops speeds with one racer hurtling over the edge as the other skids to a stop mere inches from the precipice and certain death below. The wisdom is knowing when to stop. The question is whether we learned from the implosion of the Soviet economy as they over-invested in militarism in their efforts to defeat their enemy. For now we face a new enemy. This time we have only our imaginations and fear to guide us. We embrace militarism to protect us from all assaults real or imagined. We fear immigrants so we militarize our borders. We fear our own populace so we militarize our public spaces. And we fear everyone else so we are militarizing the rest of the world. We now spend over half of our tax revenues on military. Spending has not dropped since the end of the Cold War. It will most likely increase again under the new War on Terrorism. We have created individuals and industries that are dependent on the military system for their livelihoods and they will vote to keep it strong. It was not the wisdom in knowing when to stop that saved us. We only have more room before we reach the cliff's edge. We still have our pedal pressed to the floorboards. We are still on the road that has brought great civilizations before us to their knees. It is only the wisdom to know when to stop that will save us. bruceblog@peoplepc.com | |
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