I don’t know enough about the American civil war (every little thing that happened leading up to secession, how much was Econ, how much a break down in diplomacy, or dumb luck) but I’m sure that context as well has all sorts of interesting facets. This stuff is eternal.
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It used to be understood as eternal. There’s a variety of circumstances (many technological/monetary) that have allowed us a respite here in Modernity. But as a betting man I don’t say that continues forever. I don’t think they’ll get post-scarcity globohomo utopia, ever.
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Even w/o a total collapse, even if technology progresses as it has, and monetary tricks can keep the party going, I think it’s just our (human) nature. We’ll find a way to screw it up. We are flawed. Or it won’t be everything it was supposed to be (already seeing that: Brazil).
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Brazil is apparently what it’s supposed to be. A lot of people aren’t gonna want that. Or they won’t once they have it & realize that was the final destination. Or even if it goes Star Trek the conflicts won’t end. History won’t be overcome. We’ll just be tribal w/ space ships.
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They’re never going to be satisfied. Either we’ll stop them or they’ll get what they want (good & hard as Mencken said). They’ll never win in the way they imagine because they can’t: what they want is utopian & anti-reality. It’s impossible to have what they want. And thank god.
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