On 27 Mar 2021 at 05:17:24 GMT, 6+Cola  wrote:

> On Sat, 27 Mar 2021 03:51:52 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
>  wrote:
>
>> On 27/03/2021 02:40, 6+Cola wrote:
>>>  On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 07:56:39 +0100, Deloptes 
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>>  6+Cola wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  If Biden gets even half his taxation wishes, the entire USA won't
>>>>>  even be able to afford a Pi.
>>>>
>>>>  haha - USA will become Europe - man here they do not have the ability to
>>>>  manufacture independently anything - the f**king vaccine, not even masks.
>>>>  They have the machines, but not the materials, which they had to import,
>>>>  but couldn't.
>>>>  Europe is already a pathetic case - but hey there were 2 world wars
carried
>>>>  out here - and the third one, that is going on is an invisible one.
>>>>  I wonder how USA will develop - at least you have right to own guns
there.
>>>
>>>     For now .... but the Citizen Disempowerment crusade
>>>     never ends.
>>>
>>>     But yes, with massive taxes - mostly going to "feel good/
>>>     look good" projects - and enhanced central "management"
>>>     of the economy from the top down, the USA  could easily
>>>     take on the look and feel of the EU.
>>>
>>>     Maybe the Brits were the smart ones ....
>>
>> I am a Brit, and I voted to leave the EU.
>> Why? Because I studied engineering, and system theory.
>> Large systems with centralised control, signal lag and no local feedback
>> are very slow to respond to events.
>
>
>   Ah, someone after my own heart :-)

Excellent analysis by TNP as usual.

>   The USA system is also extremely robust, in that ideal model
>   anyway. It is very "fractal", self-similar control structures
>   from top to bottom, federal to the local garden club.

Except that too-small control structures lead to local tyrannies. In the UK we
have about 50 police departments, for 65 million people. The US has more than
15000. And the US elects judges and chiefs of police, so sometimes people
don't get justice, they get law and plenty of it. It's noticeable that road
signage in the UK is designed to get people safely from A to B, whereas in the
US it's designed to raise revenue. And then there are quotas - conspiracies
betwen a city Mayor and the Chief of Police to fill the City's coffers; this
is just a form of legalised banditry.



--
Tim

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