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To: TobagoJack who wrote (2830)	12/24/2005 10:43:16 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217857

Bin Landen's niece cashes in: "Wafah Dufour, 26, is seen sprawled on a bed in lingerie, a feather boa and high heels." thisislondon.co.uk

To: TobagoJack who wrote (2830)	1/15/2006 5:54:07 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217857

<<>The USA has intrinsic advantages, and with the added control of cyberspace which they enjoy, I think they have got a choke hold on the rest of the world to go along with the other advantages. The advantages I'm thinking of are social rather than things like giant oil fields, and other resources<>> You asked: <... and those would precisely be what? Another mostly empty territory where the residents can be regime changed? > For example, inter alia, precisely, the USA constitution involving freedom. I like "inter alia" - such a cool-sounding phrase. China is lacking such a constitution. The USA has a social enthusiasm for their system. China does not, as shown by the popular vote ... no, wait, they don't allow such blasphemy as a cyberspace discussion, let alone a vote, as they KNOW what everyone wants. And they know that the Taiwanese want to be part of the deal. Of course those attitudes can change over decades and centuries and no doubt will. China could become the leader of freedom. I doubt it as freedom has never been part of Chinese mores, with more emphasis on group identity rather than individualism. But humans are not clones [contrary to Yiwu the Mad's ideas], even Chinese, so that can change just as social norms have changed elsewhere in a single generation. Sometimes people find even their 2 year old learns the word "No!" and learns to express it well. I think you will experience that situation shortly and see how the next generation is not merely a clone of the previous, all that chromo lattice stuff notwithstanding. The human mind floats freely above the chromo lattice, more or less. <Remember the time before the 300 year accident > 300 years is a trend, not an accident. < Arun is also faulty in assuming that the top spot cannot be kept. > You are quite right. Humans reached ascendancy over other primates and stayed that way. For 100s of years, the liberty ideas complete with the corollary of capitalism [which is the economic aspect of liberty] have been ascendant and as you say, are staying that way and in fact gaining ground. The USA is pulling ahead of China [4% GDP growth in the USA is more than 10% increase in China given the relative sizes of the economies]. <My basic assumption is that capitalism is a very astute system, and when applied be very clever, as in intrinsically smart folks, is a winning combo. Well, the system is now being applied by very clever folks, who, given half a chance anywhere in the world, does well, in any language. That is the intrinsic. > You are right TJ, but leaving out the vital aspect. A couple of decades ago, my colleague Charles Willoughby and I came up with the management theory that the ideal is a very smart guy running things with a gorilla on a leach. Unfortunately, sometimes, because of relative psychological drives, the reverse turns out to be the management structure = a gorilla running things with a very smart guy on a leash. The gorilla, not surprisingly, given his intellect, thinks it an exceedingly fine idea to grasp the leash firmly and swing the smart guy around, whacking those who need a good whack. China has got the smart people running capitalism, but has the gorillas holding the leash and they do NOT believe all that poofy freedom/liberty nonsense. They believe in a good whacking and confiscation as required. I will not give the names of those who were the models used in developing that management theory as they are likely still alive and might not like being such subjects. You are however, over-rating the smartness. Those Chinese who do well around the world are not the same people as those who have been unable to escape the clutches of the repressive. I guess you mean Chinese are much smarter than other races. We have heard such master race ideas before. Mqurice PS: I am catching up on posts which I filed as "to be replied to".