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Re: State Declaration of Ind.
In article <[email protected]>,
Roy M. Silvernail <[email protected]> wrote:
>Ever since the breakup of the former Soviet Union, I have wondered just
>what _is_ holding the USA together. Within our borders, I think we show
>far more diversity than the former USSR had. Yet we remain "unified",
>even in the face of ever-growing erosion of citizens' rights.
Yah.
I've wondered about this myself; If one goes through the Federalist
Papers, all the arguments made for the formation of the Republic are
obselete (unless you believe Canada or Mexica is a real threat: I
don't).
Many of the SF writers forecast a future where something big has grown
out of the US to be first some sort of western (or northern) hemisphere
giant, and then futher. I think this is way off the mark.
I have great hopes for computer networking as a technology: There are
those who don't realize or who deny that the social impact of this
technology will be huge: they probably would have said that the printing
press wouldn't have a large impact, either.
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