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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
I know you're just saying that because you could answer in less than a page.
But, seriously . . .
You set out the main reason that I think we probably are better off, long term, due to the collapse of the Soviet Union. But it did set off chains of events that have made the world a much more complex place, and I think we've handled those complexities poorly, overall. Still learning, with "experts" brought up in a bi-polar world.
S_A_M
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We were so focused on them we ignored many other problems. But proliferation was occuring during the cold war. India, Pakistan, Isreal and South Africa all pretty much gained nuclear capability during the cold war. The problem is that the problems we face are complicated.
The problem is now the middle east and Subsaharan Africa. With the demise of the Soviet Union and the discrediting of Socialism, the rest of the world is growing economically and will eventually turn into responsible multiparty democracies. Of coures there are some exceptions on every continent: Burma, North Korea, Bylorussia, Cuba, and maybe Venezuela. But I think these countrys eventually will have to change their tune as the countrys surrounding them become so much more wealthy.
The big problem is the Middle East and Subsaharn Africa. Most of these countries are not consistently growing economically and will therefore remain a problem. Petrodollars make some of these countrys look like they are growing but they are not. They are not growing the huge middle class that is so necessary for staiblity and mulitparty democracies.
The kicker is how do we get these countries to set up governments that implement sound economic policies? That is the problem the world faces.
