Hm Kind of interesting that different Group's seem not to much identify as hyphenated americans anymore Just dropping the American label altogether Don't think I've even seen African-American in a while Seems like a bad sign
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hmmm im curious leonard cohen: oh, and one more thing you're not going to like what comes after America
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I'd be very interested if you'd be willing to explain your vote, no matter what it was. I think it's provocative to think about regardless. People perhaps take America and American power for granted, and I'm curious what everyone imagines would happen in its absence
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I'm not American, I voted "probably not gonna like what comes after America". The reasoning is a) that current state, while not perfect, is relatively good, especially for my part of the world. b) This stablility allows for actual work to be done, eg. better drugs (as in: cures)
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... better crops (golden rice, but we need more). Better understanding of the world. Such things are not possible without relatively stable society and without some concentration of wealth. Serious work on geoengineering, etc. c) I think it's likely that after one stable system..
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... the transition to another will (most likely) not be pretty. Could be even catastrophic, with all the nukes, samples of smallpox in secret labs and so on. d) Friendly governments don't appear that frequently on their own.
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This is about my rationale too, yeah.
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