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Can you give an example of a significant power, any time in history, that did have a lot of qualms with using repression for political ends? Even the Athenians had slaves.
The EU?
The EU didn't bomb Libya, France and Britain did.
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Can you give an example of a significant power, any time in history, that did have a lot of qualms with using repression for political ends? Even the Athenians had slaves.
The EU?
I think this is a very good move for China and think the US should match it.
Of course you have no clue if an increase of 20% is too much or too little. Maybe even 7.34% is too much.
Since you have no clue and no proof of any kind, perhaps it would be wise to not support a 10% increase, or not be against any other increase or even a cut?
They have no idea how much, if at all, RD spending should change. For example, how could they tell if it ought to be decreased? Too many patents or published research papers?
It's enormously entertaining to watch the HN readers' continuous support for increased government spending because it supposedly fits some modern economic theories or matches fake research papers without having any clue as to how economics actually works.
In principal this is good for humanity so long as the research isn’t directed towards tools to improve efficiency of repression.
I wonder if anyone has tried to measure repression's "drag coefficient" effect on creativity.
Can those numbers be trusted? https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/21/nobody-knows-anything-a...
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> In principal this is good for humanity so long as the research isn’t directed towards tools to improve efficiency of repression. I wouldn't say it's that clear cut. Even if the R&D is not directly for technology for repression, it increases that power and prestige of a state that has few qualms with using repression for political ends. Those increases could mean that other states will come under its influence or em…
Can you give an example of a significant power, any time in history, that did have a lot of qualms with using repression for political ends? Even the Athenians had slaves.
They do it, but they have a lot of qualms about it.
I think this is a very good move for China and think the US should match it.
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That's actually a decent answer, thanks. But they're an economic-only organization. The EU didn't bomb Libya, France and Britain did.
One of the arguments for Brexit was that they’re becoming far more than an economic-only organisation
It'll be interesting to see how it develops, they're clearly more of a governing body than the UN, but also seem to have steered clear of anything close to a security issue.