"Ask not what your country can do for you ..."

Antiwar said:

It was a more eloquent version of "speak softly, but carry a big stick."

That big stick was a nuclear arsenal in the 1960s; became two gargantuan nuclear arsenals in the 1980s; we drastically reduced the two nuclear arsenals some years after that; but we still have two massive and massively stupid nuclear arsenals; and a few others are trying to be members of the big idiots club.

The obvious solution is to abolish all nuclear weapons. The "but they won't" reason given for not abolishing all nuclear weapons is bogus.

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Antiwar said:

I was with somewhat with you till the end. I don't buy the 'human nature sucks' bit. No, most human nature is good or not horrible.

For the last part: The overwhelming majority of nations aren't misbehaving. The USG allowing free speech and dissent (to an extent) doesn't negate the fact that the USG's "we're good world cops" behaviors use barbarity and the threat of barbarity.

I'd rather the USG stop fomenting barbarity; stop selling barbaric weapons; stop propagandizing that barbarity is justice; etc; etc.

A significant part of the USG is a military machine. Federal income tax revenue pays a significant part of that. American workers are used to fund the world's largest military machine. I wish my federal income tax money was going toward positive solutions instead of perpetuating very negative problems.

There are good solutions.

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