RE: An Explanation of the State of the Internet Infrastructure in the United States
Yeah, he spent a bunch, but nothing around here, evidently. Maybe he was buying ammunition for Chicago? They seem to never run out.
The way I see it is; humans are flawed, EXTREMELY flawed. As long as you have governments made up of humans, you're gonna get some corrupt, power-hungry monsters that grow. Every large government that comes to mind is out of control. The US, just like most all of them, has done, and continues to some heinous acts. We're told that we're spreading freedom and democracy, but it sure looks an awful lot like death and destruction.
We should have plenty of money in order to keep our infrastructure maintained, but there's never enough money. Always many trillions for war, however. I wonder who's next, Fiji? Micronesia? I bet we can take both of them at the same time, with (3) aircraft carriers tied behind our back. We could steal all their coconuts.
humans are NOT flawed.
any organization larger than the cognosphere is.
the Iron law of bureaucracy..
governments are insane.
I always liked the H.L. Mencken line on that: "The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable."
That's pretty much the conclusion that I've arrived at.