MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Friday Deep Thoughts (Open Thread!)
By Michael Maiello on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 9:26am | PoliticsWhen U.S. trade policies wreck entire industries and cause unemployment, our answer is "train the workers."
When U.S. foreign policies wreck entire regions, sending them into a tailspin of ethnic, religious and economic violence and chaos our answer is "train the local armies to deal with it."
I think we need to combine these two things to turn the unemployed into the world's most effective killing machine. I mean, it's just synergy, right?
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To a certain degree, one could argue we're already doing that, at least internally. As I understand it, the majority of our volunteer military comes from communities with significant unemployment.
by Verified Atheist on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 9:28am
Yeah, we're doing it.
by Michael Maiello on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 9:42am