Now Then – the hidden systems that've frozen time and stop us changing the world

Re:Now Then – the hidden systems that've frozen time and sto... by pnathan on Monday July 28, 2014 @09:02AM (#8096438)

Lots of sound-bytes and flakyisms in that one.

It is, of course, true that large monied interests have an interest in stability (I'd like to cue the arguments against having a Great War, "It'll be too expensive, no one would dare", circa 1913 or so).

It's also true that politicians have to be extremely careful of saying stupid things, or things that can be taken out of context, or things that might offend people they don't want to, because of the prevalence of technology and the "Gotcha" approach certain classes of media prefer. Which too is also a hindrance to change.

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Re:Now Then – the hidden systems that've frozen time and sto... by api on Monday July 28, 2014 @09:18AM (#8096504)

> (I'd like to cue the arguments against having a Great War, "It'll be too expensive, no one would dare", circa 1913 or so).

Funny... people now say the same thing about the potential of escalating conflict between China and the U.S., among other things.

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Re:Now Then – the hidden systems that've frozen time and sto... by arethuza on Monday July 28, 2014 @09:52AM (#8096666)

Not to mention conflict with Russia over Ukraine (i.e. Europe needs Russia's natural gas too much and Russians have too much capital tied up in Europe).

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