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My friend... I am curious... if you could free humanity but that meant putting all people and countries at par technologically.... would you do it?
I would be less concerned about freeing 'humanity' than freeing America and the West. We've tried exporting democracy and it's been a huge failure... the rest of the world is not amenable to democracy, but seems to prefer tribalism, monarchy, dictators, and totalitarianism.
If we can save the West, and particularly America, I'm fine with that, speaking as an American.
Hopefully, some better form of a republic is incoming for us, with improved oversight capability and engagement methods, and better understanding of how it should work.
Screw “democracy”. We’ve known it was bad, of its own accord, for thousands of years. The more we can mitigate it, the better.
Agree.
Not a better form of a Republic that is needed. A better educated and informed We The People with easy access to facts is what is needed and coming.
Just as Gutenberg Press helped the Renaissance along our Gutenberg 2.0 is speeding ours along , but the move to light speed can be jolting.
I wouldn't. Technology has to be maintained. That means it has to be understood thoroughly and earned. Take one look at Zimbabwe to see what used to be a thriving breadbasket region of the world. Take one look at South Africa to see what used to be a first world nation economically. Now, neither place can reliably keep the lights on. They have the infrastructure. It was in place and working at one point when control of those societies was transferred. Those who received it couldn't maintain it.
If you put all people and countries at par technologically, the question then becomes what par? The only par that could be maintained by all groups would put us all back in the stone age, and I would not force that choice on others simply to accommodate those who are unprepared, unwilling, or otherwise incapable of living in an advanced society.