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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 23836" data-attributes="member: 126"><p>Re: hyper inflation in the USA?</p><p></p><p></p><p>re: the topic of this thread, that might be the invisible hand of free markets. veering into the topic of moral behavior, that balancing force would be Karma. </p><p></p><p>I believe the opposite statement may have more logical force. One who does harm, is more likely to become a target of the community to stop that "harmful" behavior, but this can be conflicted by lack of agreement about what is harmful behavior and true cause and effect relationship between actions and harm. The "meek shall inherit the earth" does not seem proved by human history, and appeasement has likewise provided only temporary relief when faced with evil force. </p><p></p><p> </p><p>I will not claim that the US has never mishandled anything, and we are collectively responsible for the actions, or inactions of any government we voted in, (or didn't vote out). That said we more often resemble a bull in the china shop than caring partner. Yugoslavia is noteworthy in world history going all the way back to WWi but I suspect you are talking about after the cold war, when the fall of the common soviet enemy, that kept ethnic factions unified in purpose against the soviets diminished and they were free to focus on differences between themselves. </p><p></p><p>There are more examples in the world of different ethnic groups living together peacefully under dictatorships (like Tito, or Saddam), than in democracies. India is one of the rare good examples, but if you follow the news more closely than headlines, there is a constant tension of low level violence even in India. </p><p></p><p>I think Iraq is going to be a telling experiment to prove if three ethnic groups (sunni, shia, and kurds) can learn to work together peacefully without an iron hand dictator to give them something worse to worry about than each other. China has ethnic tensions internally and deals with it the iron fist way also. Neither the tensions in China or India, get much reporting in the western press. </p><p></p><p>I fear there are no simple answers and it sure is convenient to blame the US, so have at it. If it wasn't us (through the UN) trying to prevent genocide and such, it would probably be some other world power, for better or worse. The world is a messy place and I don't claim to have all the answers. I do know enough to grasp that most simple answers are too simple to work. . </p><p></p><p>JR</p><p></p><p>PS: I apologize if it sounds like I am lecturing you about your own history, I am not. Just trying to better understand from a distance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 23836, member: 126"] Re: hyper inflation in the USA? re: the topic of this thread, that might be the invisible hand of free markets. veering into the topic of moral behavior, that balancing force would be Karma. I believe the opposite statement may have more logical force. One who does harm, is more likely to become a target of the community to stop that "harmful" behavior, but this can be conflicted by lack of agreement about what is harmful behavior and true cause and effect relationship between actions and harm. The "meek shall inherit the earth" does not seem proved by human history, and appeasement has likewise provided only temporary relief when faced with evil force. I will not claim that the US has never mishandled anything, and we are collectively responsible for the actions, or inactions of any government we voted in, (or didn't vote out). That said we more often resemble a bull in the china shop than caring partner. Yugoslavia is noteworthy in world history going all the way back to WWi but I suspect you are talking about after the cold war, when the fall of the common soviet enemy, that kept ethnic factions unified in purpose against the soviets diminished and they were free to focus on differences between themselves. There are more examples in the world of different ethnic groups living together peacefully under dictatorships (like Tito, or Saddam), than in democracies. India is one of the rare good examples, but if you follow the news more closely than headlines, there is a constant tension of low level violence even in India. I think Iraq is going to be a telling experiment to prove if three ethnic groups (sunni, shia, and kurds) can learn to work together peacefully without an iron hand dictator to give them something worse to worry about than each other. China has ethnic tensions internally and deals with it the iron fist way also. Neither the tensions in China or India, get much reporting in the western press. I fear there are no simple answers and it sure is convenient to blame the US, so have at it. If it wasn't us (through the UN) trying to prevent genocide and such, it would probably be some other world power, for better or worse. The world is a messy place and I don't claim to have all the answers. I do know enough to grasp that most simple answers are too simple to work. . JR PS: I apologize if it sounds like I am lecturing you about your own history, I am not. Just trying to better understand from a distance. [/QUOTE]
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