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A Nation of Hamburger Flippers
National Review Online ^
| August 18, 2003
| Bruce Bartlett
Posted on 08/18/2003 5:21:14 PM PDT by dr_who_2
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To: bert
Don't dis McDonalds. It is important to the American way. And Americas employment future
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posted on
08/19/2003 10:19:44 AM PDT
by
clamper1797
(Conservative by nature ... Republican in Spirit ... Patriot by Heart ... and Anti Liberal BY GOD)
To: hole_n_one
LOL! Not that I do now, but I'll never eat a Mickey'ds again.
To: B-Chan
I mean, as long as we're writing science fiction hereWhat science fiction? The past two centuries have seen living standards increase by 2.5% average per year, or ten-fold per century.
It's science fact that the world is getting better thanks to technology -- more food, more health, higher living standards. The only thing that can stop progress is a political ideology which hates business and technology and embraces political solutions (ie, more government regulation and repression and a bigger welfare state) as the mechanism for change.
That kind of 'political science fiction' was practiced in the Soviet Union, and it's history, man. Now, stop standing in the way of progress!
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posted on
08/19/2003 11:26:49 AM PDT
by
JoeSchem
To: dr_who_2
I read an article here yesterday about manufactured raw diamond industry in America which will rival S. Africa and gives way to new IT technologies... take the basic styraphome cup and shoe industries to China, and make room for diamonds.
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posted on
08/19/2003 11:31:10 AM PDT
by
Porterville
(I hate anything and anyone that would attack the things that I love...)
To: JoeSchem
I notice you didn't address the actual point I made: in a world where machines can produce an abundance of goods without need for human labor, what incentive will the controllers of these miracle machines have to keep the rest of humanity alive?
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posted on
08/19/2003 12:41:09 PM PDT
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: Porterville
Yeah, read a similar article. Good stuff. Can't wait for diamond based microprocessors. Well, I may have to wait, but a neat development.
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posted on
08/19/2003 4:59:28 PM PDT
by
dr_who_2
To: Porterville
...On the other hand, one of the methods discussed originated in Russia. If an industry develops here, the U.S. won't necessarily have the advantage for a long time. But deBeers is scared as hell, which is good.
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posted on
08/19/2003 5:01:40 PM PDT
by
dr_who_2
To: anniegetyourgun
I dunno.
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posted on
08/19/2003 5:03:55 PM PDT
by
dr_who_2
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