Merv's Politically Incorrect Audio Blog

LOL! Yes. And No.

If we are talking about a small group. You are right. It is harder when you are dealing with a large portion of your own population. Because you are whipping out yourself. But you are right that a few M-16 have nothing on a real military internal intervention.

Civil war is the worst thing that can happen to a country.

But... while there is prosperity, life is good.

EDIT: Never let the military do the job of the police unless shit really hits the fan. The military are not the police. They have a different training and purpose.

 

You probably do not get this perspective, because you were born in America, and have not been exposed to the alternatives. Many countries want the quality of life that you have. And they would kick your ass, or hurt it something fierce, to get some if they could. I'm thankful that our military is making sure that our ass is well protected. And fully respect their efforts.

There is nothing progressive about our military might. If our trade is strong, we are strong. Our military enforces that.

And those folks are now going to be under a sphere of influence that is not your own, and your quality of life will suffer for it.

If we loose our sphere of influence and remove our military overseas. You will continue to pay shit tons of tax, if not more.

Mexico has virtually zero military presence outside it's territory. And so I could say about every other random third world country (the vast majority of countries). Do you feel their tax situation is better than your own?

 

LOL! Military drones are the real deal actually. They are not the Amazon kind.

Man, I was going to say things are looking up. Nothing to worry about since I have faith in our economy. But that damned overpopulation problem really concerns me. At least somewhat in the long run.

 

I mean, if there is a way to effectively protect our interests overseas w/o any military presence, sure. We do have nuclear submarines here and there. But those kind of wipeout enemy forces, along with the country we were having a nice trade agreement with.

As far as bread, it is indeed not just that. It's all. And we can't seem to have enough of all. I don't like consumerism. But it's a fact of life. I mean, you do like good quality audio and drinks right?

As far as tax. I don't know of a single third world functioning country w a tax system that does not suck ballz. And those include liberal, conservative, progressive, whatever. It has nothing to do with ideology from what I've seen.

 

Drones didn't do anything to eliminate the Taliban. Neither did Soviet helicopter gunships before us. Tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of thousands of bombs dropped from B52s didn't stop the Vietnamese from eventual victory (after being a colony of France, they just wanted to be independent).

A US General is more likely to pull a bullet in the head of a dictatorial president before we get to any of this. It's not just the Constitution. It's the people, the institutions, and traditions behind it.

 

BTW. I don't view my perspective as absolute. That doesn't mean I'm not serious about it. I just know very well I can be wrong.

With that said, I was born in a country that was a colony. Fully under the control of the European Spanish Empire. And I'm indirectly a product of that. I've seen the effects and motivations behind the many European French, Spanish English and German interventions in Mexico.

There was no real isolation then. There is no real isolation now.

Mexico at some point was under Maximilian I of Habsburg with full Spanish, French and German support. The story goes on and on. Colonial times were not awesome, and a clear hierarchy was in place at some point depending on your level of European-ness. As in, are you 100% European, 90%, 50%?

The invasions from the other countries were resource motivated, or trade, if you can call that trade.

And this is why we have the military we have. To not be a colony of such nature.

But, that is just my perspective. That very well might be all wrong.

 

Come to think of it, the best way to conquer a nation is not with drones, guns, tanks, or troops. It's with Social Media and AI.

 

It's both. The old way was church (any random one), and behind that when there was sufficient resistance, guns. Neither by itself stands.

Social Media (filling in for the church) includes CNN, Fox News, and Trump's gospel delivered to you by Tweeter.

To me it always funny to see one media criticize the other media, for being media.

 

Dude, we are in many ways more in agreement than it may seem. Indeed, f**k with north, central and south America in a significant way, and shit is going down.

In a way, there will never be full isolationism or globalism as defined by those ideas. There is just going to be something, and us trying to make the most sense out of it. And it, not being fully under anyone's control.

Indeed, no one can guarantee nobodies safety. And when pulling back is necessary, pulling back will happen.

As far as tribute, we have it, but it is not obvious. Many times, though not always, it comes in the form of interest, in the form of more $ for my goods, and less $ for yours. Stuff like that. The problem in many cases is that benefits to America, do not necessarily benefit all Americans the same. There is still a hierarchy here in America as there is anywhere else. But it still amazes me the food basket that we are. Where a homeless can eat a nice BK ultimate burger almost on a daily basis. You may not find that in some other places. But unfairness and all that stuff, yeah, that is going to be universal.

EDIT: And even when we do tend to have good deals given our position, I also agree that stupid shit will happen. As it always does. I still palm my face when I think back about how we let China take over tech the way they did. I saw that front row seat.

 

Pretty sure they have it better in the posh parts of London. One dude in Leicester Square asked me what was in the bag. Peking duck and xiaolongbao. Sure.

Little tidbit: thousands of umpa lumpas appear in the middle of the night to clean the streets of London, at least the parts we see in the James Bond films. Hey, I had nothing else to do since I was still on Pacific Time.

 

Not sure. I was with a friend here in Anaheim, and he gave a burger to this homeless dude that was asking for money. I shit you not the homeless guy got pissed off, threw the burger on the floor, told my friend WTF was that good for, and gave us all the finger.