I remember (vaguely, like all memories at my age) an aphorism that cautions against becoming the monsters we oppose. I have seen the effect happen more than once in my life, and it's devastating to discover one has so departed from one's principles while intending to uphold them.
Such mechanism seems particularly appropriate regarding US history, and the more recent the history, the more appropriate it seems. Who can forget Bush 43 opining 'They hate us for our freedoms.' while doing everything that he did to destroy American freedom?
I confess that I am poorly familiar with the internal functioning of institutions. From my earliest youth, institutions have been my monster, my windmill to tilt at, and I have eschewed them as much as I am able. Jim Cantrell has dove right in.
"You are invited to a special conference call on The Military Industrial Complex: A Soviet-style Economic System"
"featuring Jim Cantrell"
"Monday, February 26, 5 PM Pacific, 6 PM Mountain. 7 PM Central, 8 PM Eastern"
"Jim Cantrell is a well known entrepreneur and expert in space systems and has 30 years of experience in the aerospace and high technology industries. Jim was part of the SpaceX founding team and served as the company’s first Vice President of Business Development. Jim founded two other successful aerospace and automotive engineering companies and has held CEO positions in aerospace and biometric software companies. Jim also played key roles in the development of Skybox Imaging (now Terra Bella) and has had developmental roles in numerous venture funded space efforts including Rocket Lab, Planet, Black Sky and Spaceflight."
Sounds like a guy that would know what he was talking about. Here's how to join the conference call:
Click here to get the call-in information from the Libertarian Party
"This conference call will last one hour and participants can submit questions via email."
Thought I'd share this when I got it from the Libertarian Party, for those of you unaware that might want to listen in and fire off some questions.
