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As discussed elsewhere, there is less need for control in a high trust society, and vice versa. More freedom plus lts (low trust society) equals bigger problems. Women needing greater amounts of protection. Protection not accomplished without...

When I say "too many", that would be so many troops, aircraft, and ships, etc. that it would leave Taiwan vulnerable.

Yet we are sending some boots over, so I don’t have a complete picture yet.

Tonight instead of assisting with and supplementing the Passover dinner ceremony, I was asked to lead it. It went very well. Probably two hours long or more, most people in that crowd did not know what to expect. My wife made some huge Exodus...

Yet we are sending some boots over, so I don’t have a complete picture yet.

We are unwilling to commit too many forces to open a strait that doesn't even affect us, when all we need to do is downgrade their military sufficiently to where they cannot build the nukes they were attempting to make, and were on the verge of...

Sociologists have shown that diverse and fragmented cultures are inherently lower trust than intact and homogeneous ones. It's obvious. I've spent a lot of time in Japan, a homogeneous and relatively intact culture. It is high trust. I've...

We are unwilling to commit too many forces to open a strait that doesn't even affect us, when all we need to do is downgrade their military sufficiently to where they cannot build the nukes they were attempting to make, and were on the verge of...

I think acknowldegment of low trust society can't be denied. Just check fraud levels. This fraud did exist before. Higher non-prosecution of criminals that before us somewhat recent trend, althought in some form it has existed as before...

I agree entirely with your last sentence. Notice how few missiles they are sending out lately. Every shot exposes a hidden launcher. Opportunities like that don’t go unexercised. With each shot, their capabilities are downgraded.

A good reason to leave Churchianity.

A-10s and Apaches can clear drones and smaller vessels easily. Only requirement is air superiority over water itself. So possible. Guys, you have to realize we will now in uncommon times. You can't anyone assume previous friends are actually...

Translation: We might not bother to reopen the Strait of Hormuz any time soon.

Tonight instead of assisting with and supplementing the Passover dinner ceremony, I was asked to lead it. It went very well. Probably two hours long or more, most people in that crowd did not know what to expect. My wife made some huge Exodus...

I agree entirely with your last sentence. Notice how few missiles they are sending out lately. Every shot exposes a hidden launcher. Opportunities like that don’t go unexercised. With each shot, their capabilities are downgraded.