This discussion reminds me of how the great test of idealism is seen in an advanced society maintaining military preparedness which renders it secure from all attack by its warloving neighbors without yielding to the temptation to employ this military strength in offensive operations against other peoples for purposes of selfish gain or national aggrandizement. ([[71:4|71:4.17)]]That persons cannot see the desperation of a bankrupt civilization represented by United States' arbitrary enforcement of an increasingly dubious USDollar currency used for purely private gain is shocking to me. | This discussion reminds me of how the great test of idealism is seen in an advanced society maintaining military preparedness which renders it secure from all attack by its warloving neighbors without yielding to the temptation to employ this military strength in offensive operations against other peoples for purposes of selfish gain or national aggrandizement. ([[71:4|71:4.17)]]That persons cannot see the desperation of a bankrupt civilization represented by United States' arbitrary enforcement of an increasingly dubious USDollar currency used for purely private gain is shocking to me. |