Brian Ross wrote on Jan 15^th, 2024 at 8:57pm:


I'm intrigued by the fact your very first post under the heading: 'Trouble with China' is concerned with Nauru's  recognition of mainland China as the sole Chinese rep in the UN.

How is  'trouble with China' - except for delusional "freedom" (or death)  neanderthal ideologues who want to condemn Aussies to poverty in order to  resource the US in the Taiwan Straits?

You would be better to look at the trouble in your own backyard: 

Prof. Steve Keen (anti-Neoclassical economics crusader)

Privatising the planet:

Utilities, health, media - there's a rush to take evrything out of state hands. But could corporate-run towns be the final act, privatisaing democracy?

How far are we willing to go in accepting the corporate takeover of just about everything? In Britain public utilities were sold off, so companies could profit from selling resources whilst minimising maintenance of facilities. Phil asks the question how Britain’s water infrastructure is in such a state of repair in an industry that makes £13 billion per year. Then there’s the moves to strangle publicly funded media and privatise the funding of health. But it gets worse. Britain’s freeports are local areas run jointly by local authorities of local business. Democracy has become just another seat at the table. And there’s a proposal from one consortium for a new town in Britain that is run by a corporation where residents sign a contract for services. No local democracy. Such towns already exist in many parts of the world. Is that the conclusion - we privatise everything and we are all at the whim of big business. Elon Musk is already working on how to create your artificial best friend.

Deplorable.

kU6mdn74 wrote on Nov 24^th, 2025 at 11:22am:


POV?

I note your experience in the military.

For my part,  I see all war in the age of MAD  as evidence of profound sickness in the human species. 

We invented the UN at the conclusion of WW2 - and now we are forgetting WHY we invented it, ie "to save mankind from the scourge of war..."

Instead of gearing up for war in the Taiwan  Straits, politicians in Oz and NZ should be working to eliminate the "legal war" nonsense - and the UNSC veto - which disfigures the UN Charter.

There are sensible people - even in the CCP - who would be receptive to such overtures.

Just sayin'. 

kU6mdn74 wrote on Nov 24^th, 2025 at 12:24pm:


Impressive - are you a micro biologist - or whoever would know of  such topics as the 'Rat Calcineurin Inhibitor gene'? 

Yes, "original sin".....will self-awareness save us?

"Civilization is a race between education and catastrophe" HG Wells.