TheSensibleTurk
TheSensibleTurk t1_j5x1wph wrote
Reply to Will we ever see a time where we could relive or be able to playback and watch old memories? by Personal-Ride-1142
This might cause more trouble than it is worth. Countries would seal their borders in fear of espionage. If any government found a way to do this, it would be top secret and only known to few.
TheSensibleTurk t1_j25qktq wrote
Reply to comment by Northstar1989 in Russians did such a good job promoting renewable energy and electric vehicles this year. by darth_nadoma
Sure, in the same way that the so called Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a democratic entity.
Soviet sponsored proletarian revolutions had to be contained.
It happened in Turkey too. Before the 1980 coup, Soviet backed guerillas were wreaking havoc. My father was working at a rural government clinic at the time and he was kidnapped by the revolutionaries and held for ransom. At the height of it, the revolutionaries would set up checkpoints and execute any state employee, Katyn style.
Who put an end to that? Kenan Evren. Look him up.
You cannot treat cancer with antibiotics or painkillers. You treat it with chemotherapy which can hurt like hell. So it is with countering revolutionary Marxism.
TheSensibleTurk t1_j25o8i1 wrote
Reply to comment by Northstar1989 in Russians did such a good job promoting renewable energy and electric vehicles this year. by darth_nadoma
I'm Turkish, and my grandparents were in Turkey.
Without the US, we would have ended up as a Soviet satellite.
The deposition of Allende was a legitimate act to counter the USSR. Communism is a totalitarian ideology and totalitarian ideologies require extraordinary methods to be combated.
As a soon to be minted foreign service officer and a reservist lieutenant, I will strive until my last breath to see Pax Americana perpetuated.
TheSensibleTurk t1_j22nxj2 wrote
Reply to Vision of the future, humanity's next step by Ebikeboi
& what if humans or post humans in the incomprehensibly distant future become a type V+ civilization, master time itself, and then somehow bring to a state in the future or reconstitute the consciousness of every human who ever lived across billions of terraformed planets?
TheSensibleTurk t1_j2187ix wrote
Reply to comment by Northstar1989 in Russians did such a good job promoting renewable energy and electric vehicles this year. by darth_nadoma
As a middle eastern native who was on the receiving end of that US imperialism, I can attest that we owe to the US a lot.
The US repaired my grandparents' farm with the Marshall Aid in the 40s.
The US subsidized my dad's medical school tuition and my mom's pharmacy major tuition via USAID funds allocated to urbanization projects.
The US saved my dad's Kurdish relatives in Iraq first during the Gulf War, secondly after the US oversaw the creation of Iraqi Kurdistan.
The US brought me as a then-15 year old Turkish kid to America for a public diplomacy program in 2008.
The US gave me citizenship through the MAVNI program.
I am proud to call myself an American today and I believe that the projection of US power is a good thing for humankind.
TheSensibleTurk t1_j81qnuz wrote
Reply to Question: what are the best answers you've seen to what could be done when AI starts replacing labour en masse in and across industries? by MonkeyParadiso
A healthy economy needs consumers who are able to purchase products and services.
It is not in the interest of big business to shoot itself in the foot. Profit is the driving factor behind innovation. You can't profit if you don't have customers.