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Lessons We can Learn from Pearl Harbor

October 6, 2019October 6, 2019 daniel Drone War, Drone Warfare, Lesson Two: Prejudice Will Shape National Policy and Military Decision Making, Lessons We can Learn from Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor, The Drone Age

Abqaiq and Khurais could mark the beginning of the Drone Age and the end of complex manned weapons systems. Thus, digitally controlled decentralized weapons (drones) are replacing manned military vehicles (planes and helicopters) as the primary means of attack.

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Lessons we can learn from the British Empire

October 5, 2019October 5, 2019 daniel British Empire, British Imperialism, history of the British Empire, Imperialism, Lessons we could learn from the British Empire, The Empire

Thus, the more territory Britain seized, the less secure it became; because the Empire was constantly at war. To explain, when Britain seized territory it had to deploy forces to protect and police those territories.

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Why China owns the 21st Century, it’s the Data

September 29, 2019September 29, 2019 daniel Can America Survive the Data Wars?, China Controls the Oil of the 21st Century, China has Four Times more Financial Data than the United States, China’s Social Media Offensive, Has America Lost the Data Wars?, Is Mark Zuckerberg an American Churchill?, Oil of the 21st Century, Tencent’s Beachhead in America WeChat Pay and Walmart, The Saudi Arabia of Data, Why China Could Dominate Finance in the 21st Century, Why China owns the 21st Century

Data is now the world’s most important resource and China has the largest supply of it.

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What History can Teach us about American Racism

September 28, 2019September 28, 2019 daniel American Racism, Historical Lessons about American Racism, Liberals can be just as racist as Conservatives, our leaders overestimate and underestimate racism, racism can get worse over time, Racists can change

Historically, American leaders overestimated and underestimated the extent of racism.

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Lessons We can Learn from the Byzantine Empire

September 23, 2019September 25, 2019 daniel 1. Reject hegemony and Concentrate on Survival, 2. Fight Defensive Warfare, 3. Don’t Mix Faith and Politics, 4. Beware of Your Friends, Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Lessons We can Learn from the Byzantine Empire, What We Can Learn From Byzantium

By rejecting the Roman practice of universal hegemony the Byzantines survived and thrived. For instance, Constantinople became an important trading center and the gateway between Europe and the Islamic World.

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Why Andrew Yang is the Leader America Needs

September 22, 2019September 22, 2019 daniel “a technocratic bloodless “nonideological” politics”, “nonideological” politics, a technocratic, Andrew Yang’s Revolt against Culturism, bloodless, bloodless nonideological technocracy, Is Andrew Yang the American Leader for Today?, the Leader America Needs, Why Andrew Yang is the Leader America Needs, Yang Blames Technological Unemployment for Racism

Consequently, Yang refuses to engage in the demonization of white people, the working class, Christians, conservatives, and Middle America the media elite tries to disguise as anti-racism. Therefore, Yang refuses to let culturism shape his thinking or his politics.

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Sieges that Changed History

September 20, 2019September 20, 2019 daniel Greek Fire, he single most important military action in the history of Western Civilization, Sieges that Changed History, The Arab Sieges of Constantinople, The First Arab Siege of Constantinople, the most important battle in American history - most Americans have never heard of, The Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, The Siege of Louisbourg (8 June to 26 July 1758), three sieges that changed the course of civilization

We can trace the beginning of the vast differences between “Christian Europe” and the “Islamic Middle East;” that still divide our world today, partially to the two Arab Sieges of Constantinople.

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Is America Defenseless Against Drone Attacks?

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 daniel AI will Make Drones More Dangerous, Could Drones Bring America to its Knees?, Is America Defenseless Against Drone Attacks?, Is the Drone Apocalypse Coming?, Is there a Defense against Drones?, Will the Saudi Drone Attack Change Warfare?

Frighteningly, Saudi Arabia’s huge high-tech arsenal; much of which is made in the USA, could not stop a $15,000 drone attack.

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Is The New York Times making Money?

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 daniel Can Newspapers develop a National Following to Survive?, Can The New York Times make money?, How to Kill a Great Newspaper, Is The New York Times making Money?, Who is The New York Times’ Competition?, Why Local Newspapers are dying

Currently, The New York Times makes a little money from its operations. Specifically, Stockrow estimates The Times made a gross profit of $248.06 million on revenues of $436.36 million in the quarter ending on 30 June 2019.