tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post2463939627510186918..comments2024-03-28T07:50:06.102-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: The American Empire has fallen, though Washington may not know it yet — Nebojsa Malicmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-46159980234039198182021-01-11T21:31:24.204-05:002021-01-11T21:31:24.204-05:00I'll have to think about Canada serving its id...I'll have to think about Canada serving its ideals. Multiculturalism comes to mind, but there was opposition to it back then, and there's hostility on the right towards it today. Like the US, we are a nation of immigrants.<br /><br />I consider the Nordic countries more civilized than Canada.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-67119234061775920902021-01-11T19:07:29.214-05:002021-01-11T19:07:29.214-05:00Peter Pan,
The Good Country Index measures how mu...Peter Pan,<br /><br /><i>The <b>Good Country Index</b> measures how much each of the 163 countries on the list contribute to the planet, and to the human race, through their policies and behaviors.</i><br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Country_Index" rel="nofollow">Good Country Index</a><br /><br />Looking through the above list, I see mostly Nordic countries, which is what I suspected before even looking it up. Canada is at number 11, the US not so good at number 40. Again, I didn't need a list to know that Canada would be higher than the US.<br /><br />Which is probably why Americans put Canadian flags on their belongings when travelling overseas. It turns out there's actually a term for that: "flag jacking".<br /><br /><b>Flag-jacking</b> (French: <i>prise de drapeau</i>) is the act of travelers wearing a foreign flag on their clothing or backpack in an attempt to disguise the country they are visiting from; this occurs most prominently in cases where American tourists wear Canadian flags in an attempt to pass as Canadians. The intention is that by showing the flag of a country regarded favorably by the region they are visiting, they will receive friendlier treatment or service than they might otherwise have encountered.<br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_jacking" rel="nofollow">Flag jacking</a>Ahmed Fareshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07105255828394485657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-83825247089759256072021-01-11T08:51:14.863-05:002021-01-11T08:51:14.863-05:00Which nations are examples of 'serving its ide...Which nations are examples of 'serving its ideals'?Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-65652465059290202282021-01-10T17:19:37.898-05:002021-01-10T17:19:37.898-05:00A nation can serve its interests or its ideals. If...A nation can serve its interests or its ideals. If it serves its interests, the benefits are front-loaded and the costs are back-loaded. If it serves its ideals, the costs are front-loaded and the benefits are back-loaded.<br /><br />America has always put its interests ahead of its ideals. It holds itself out as a beacon of freedom, while supporting the very regimes that suppress those freedoms.<br /><br />Think Saudi Arabia here for oil and how that led to Americans dying on 9/11 and the war on terror with its $7-trillion cost and rising. Or how US support for the Shah of Iran led to the 1979 Iranian revolution. It's a long list.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.salon.com/2014/03/08/35_countries_the_u_s_has_backed_international_crime_partner/" rel="nofollow">35 countries where the U.S. has supported fascists, drug lords and terrorists</a>Ahmed Fareshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07105255828394485657noreply@blogger.com