tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post2938552357754737087..comments2023-11-07T04:53:01.453-08:00Comments on Dispatches from the United States of Mordor: As World warns of WW I-Style Nationalisms, Top 5 Nations Trump DemonizesGerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-18693493359797100482018-11-10T07:07:21.849-08:002018-11-10T07:07:21.849-08:00The emergence of the 'New Nationalism' is ...The emergence of the 'New Nationalism' is what in math is known as a <i><b>necessary but not sufficient</b></i> condition for all kinds of turf wars to re-emerge.Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-54573897457028084712018-11-08T08:30:49.014-08:002018-11-08T08:30:49.014-08:00Agreed on the last point but what to do? Taxing ro...Agreed on the last point but what to do? Taxing robotics?Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-51576308879533167522018-11-07T09:51:44.011-08:002018-11-07T09:51:44.011-08:00If you want to avoid wars, buying and selling good...If you want to avoid wars, buying and selling goods from/to abroad shouldn't be your goal. That's just a lazy-man's outlet for a nation's surplus capacity. And if you have a surplus capacity, you've over-built, and should be looking for new products/innovations to manufacture so as to reduce said surplus capacity (not foreign outlets). Surplus' indicate a need for the "destructive" phase of capitalism. And if you ask me, automation is a prime indicator of over-capitalization at work in an economy.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-4991230118262550122018-11-07T06:30:38.894-08:002018-11-07T06:30:38.894-08:00'scares''scares'Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-75334085811579625932018-11-07T06:21:10.941-08:002018-11-07T06:21:10.941-08:00"...but for the most part, mercantilism (buy ...<i>"...but for the most part, mercantilism (buy my goods or my warships will open fire) is dead."</i><br /><br />For now, yes.<br /><br />But coming from a continent that's known centuries of war the 'New Nationalism' shares the bejeezus out of me!Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-43629245846032559492018-11-07T06:15:30.681-08:002018-11-07T06:15:30.681-08:00btw - Putin may still be a bit old-fashioned (Crim...btw - Putin may still be a bit old-fashioned (Crimea/Ukraine)...<br /><br />...and China with their island-fabricating "colonialism"...<br /><br />...but for the most part, mercantilism (buy my goods or my warships will open fire) is dead.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-86114521585847225862018-11-07T06:12:42.532-08:002018-11-07T06:12:42.532-08:00Modern day nationalism isn't accompanied by co...Modern day nationalism isn't accompanied by colonialism and mercantilism. It's a different "beast".-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.com