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Originally Posted by Tully Mars
Agreed... but I give it less a then 5% chance of that happening in my lifetime. If it does happen it will likely be the result of some really ugly, nasty event. Something that makes WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam and both Gulf Wars look like happy fun time at summer camp. Einstein once said "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
Until some event like that happens the US will be happy yelling at the "other" side and we'll keep digging a deeper hole. Hey, maybe if we dig long enough we'll reach China. Least then we could visit our money.
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I don't know Tully, I agree that it will take some kind of massive shift in our society to get the ball rolling but it very well could also come from something as simple as one to many political scandals or simply electing a string of out of touch, incompetent Presidents. The American public isn't as stupid as it lets on sometimes and they are only going to put up with the same bullshit for so long (the aproval rating for congress is abysmal right now for example). A well run campaign by a third party that represents common sense and not wacky ideology complete with a rock star like candidate might do pretty well even in todays political climate.