Clark Griswold

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I echo the sentiment of wanting the truly priviledged and connected to have skin in the game, sometimes they do but most of the time of late not. I don't think that could ever be done, legally, however they could at least feel the financial cost of it and that might give pause to them. An adjustable marginal tax rate applied to the highest income bracket to pay for all overseas military operations and logistics might cause the ruling classes to be more careful about writing checks for other bodies to cash. Concur it would not be perfect but something would be better than nothing methinks. I'm more inclined though to say military service or no program. Don't have a beef with those pursuits (peace corps, ccc, etc...) but part of this is indoctrination of a sorts, whose doctrine is always the question but American indoctrination in this case. I concede in advance the unease anyone could have at that but I think something is in order. There is something character building about suffering, struggle and then improvement leading to success and accomplishment. I see more than a few young people in my orbit and in larger society that are not getting that necessary phase in their lives to achieve maturity. COVID, the rise of Wokeism, the general denigration of meritocratic ideals and physically competitive pursuits, etc... are all playing a part in this loss of forging those ready to work, fight and lead. I see a mass surge of military service as a potential antidote. How it could be done and not totally disrupt or backfire into resentment of the people we want to win their hearts and minds back to America is the question...

On the subject of the draft / conscription, this podcast was worth the listen: ‎Angry Planet: Service Without a Smile: A History of the Draft on Apple Podcasts Question for the forum: Is the draft not just a tool for military manpower? Could it be used to build a shared national experience in a segment(s) of the younger generations (17-25 year olds)? The draft gets beat up pretty bad in the podcast, not hard to do as the professor interviewed lays out the major problems with it particularly recently in the Vietnam era but maybe it is what (overall) we need in our society among other programs to foster a connection(s) between the different racial, socio-economic, geographically separated, etc... groups in our country.

Finished listening to One Billion Americans. Not convinced of his argument and don't support it, shocking I know. Mainly I found it naïve and assuming, in that the problems that would accompany a policy of rapid mass migration could be solved with the central planner solutions he proposes. That pretty much sums up my main critique of his book, there is SO MUCH DETAIL he goes into that could be discussed and not all of his ideas are bad, but no thanks. I would recommend it for a Nationalist / Conservative looking to see how the other side is thinking and what is behind their ideas.

Yeah, we want a straight stand up fight where the enemy shows up to be heroically mowed down and beaten in one cataclysmic battle with no moral question of who is right / wrong, it is over and done quickly and the vanquished are thankful to us and it all works out better. 0.00000001% chance of that happening in conflicts we will be involved in the future. Concur on the likely necessity of human casualties to actually spur the US to respond militarily to Russian / Chinese physical aggression. Had not heard of loose vs tight cultures, always thought of it as open vs closed societies but that is another good way of describing us vs. them. Open / Loose had better figure out that standing up for themselves and being confident i their inherent worth, right to exist and I would say superiority to the closed authoritarian systems or they will dither / self-flatulate themselves away.

WOR article supporting overseas basing (continued) https://warontherocks.com/2021/01/why-overseas-military-bases-continue-to-make-sense-for-the-united-states/ For it in the right places and for the right reasons / threats but elsewhere (ahem Germany) not so much. Referencing @jazzdudeand @Lawman points and just a rhetorical question - how do you fight an opponent(s) that knows you are averse to any taking any significant casualties (for many valid reasons), are dependent on information superiority and have multiple elements in your society that can be exploited to confuse, dissuade and degrade political and national will to fight?

Listed at 3.8 million so the AF price would probably be 5.8 million a tail but even at that cost replacing the 178 Jayhawks in service today would come to 1.03 billion, spread that over 5 FYs. Fight like hell heavy aviators to keep a decent advanced trainer for heavy / crew tracked students or the Bobs are going to take your red stapler and put you in the basement with a can of roach spray. If by some miracle a follow on to the T-1 comes about, call it the Swingline and paint it red

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No but it should be 69% easier than it is now. Look at civilian multi-engine training, I don't see them flailing about because the existing aircraft that are typically used right now are somehow rapidly falling behind an ever increasing set of training tasks that their training aircraft can't meet. Our mulit-engine requirements are not that different and what mil unique training items we have in our heavy track we already simulate. If the Toners are wearing out then replacing them should be straight forward.

This is such an easy fix for the AF... https://beechcraft.txtav.com/en/king-air-c90gtx

More BACN https://alert5.com/2021/02/07/usaf-getting-first-of-six-new-e-11as-this-june/

Roger that Switching gears, operational concept of the proposed 50's British fighter/interceptor the Saunders Roe SR53 with jet and rocket power, yeah baby! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saunders-Roe_SR.53 https://modelingmadness.com/scott/korean/uk/xperimental/p177.htm

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Maybe a class of munitions that are LO themselves with what RAM can be added to the interior of the weapons bays, that with the fast cycling of the doors (not sure if the 35's doors are as quick as the Raptor's but have heard a Raptor pilot describe it as really fast) could mitigate employment signature spike. Like @Lawman's point or maybe pooping them out the rear like the A-5 was designed to but with improvements, read it had problems and was discontinued during the A-5's service life, not just due to reassignment to reconnaissance platform. Employ before the escape turn as you attack a well defended surface target? LO front aspect attack run, release from the rear port then escape turn... On the subject of the A-5... Modernized concept And a proposed mach 3 super interceptor

6 gen concept art, flat and no tails: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/rAlodO Not sure if this would be 6th gen but an LO UCAV needs to be here: And just because, an updated Attack platform, still built around the gun:

I understand the feeling but it's time to take a break, not a permanent cessation, just a pause. We did so after the large infuxes of the late 19th and early 20th centuries to give time for assimilation and stabilization, it's time for that pause again. Money doesn't fix everything but it fixes a lot, the labor classes in this country during the first three years of Trump's administration averaged year over year gains of about 4% in income, enough to grow their wages above the inflation rate and caused a slight but perceptible trend in decreasing the anti-social ills plaguing their communities, we need to keep that up. A tight labor market encourages labor participation, encourages technical innovation as labor is expensive and lessens the need for an intrusive and ineffective centralized welfare system. It also provides a dignified and important place for the least among us, the dignity of work and the need for purpose can not be understated in creating and maintaining a healthy society.

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Copy all and forewarning taken on la voz de Yglesias I think we used to be WAY WAY WAY better at integration of immigrants when we a different country, I'll just say it before rich privileged white people began to hate their culture, ancestors and heritage then lashed out, blame, mock, ridicule and undercut much less rich and not privileged white people. We did not constantly churn over our differences and flagellate ourselves or certain groups of our country for historical wrongs committed by people who looked like them. The Melting Pot was better than the Salad Bowl approach to a multi racial country, just my two cents. As to my view on technology, I would counter that it's not Ludditism but realism about is about to happen. It's not just manual or unskilled labor; skilled labor, knowledge workers and content creators are also about to get a visit from the AI Bobs, case in point this AI generated article example: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/08/robot-wrote-this-article-gpt-3 There may or may not be places for us in the future, we'll see. I just dread this future meeting with my AI boss

Totally valid shot and putting the book in the Audible queue to be able to respond with comments based on reading the source material. My first impression from reading the reviews (from mostly conservative / nationalist leaning sites acknowledged) and the limited wiki entry on it is that it shows the position from the Left / Administrative-Planners that people are interchangeable widgets you just plug and play into societies and thru the magic of our ideals / values it will all work out. Not true, look at major European cities now and you see what mass uncontrolled migration into advanced economies that don't need large amounts of unskilled labor. Tents Cities on the streets of Paris and gangs of fighting age males formed in major cities From Paris Chechen gangs: Inside brutal Chechen drug wars where ‘maniac’ gangs barbecue rivals and terrorise streets with Kalashnikovs – The Sun Just opening your doors to the world is not a solution, there has to be a place for them to go into our economies, our societies and a destination culture that while accommodating does not bend itself to meet the new arrivals but allows them to bend to fit in with us, of late too many in our society want the opposite, that's a recipe for balkanization and increasing division. Putting aside the other arguments against Yglesias' idea, the vast majority of these people arrive with skills that qualify them for positions (manual labor, food processing, farm labor, etc...) in industries very soon to be automated Reference this Boston Robotics model: As quickly as physical media disappeared in the realm of music, movies, books, etc... human labor is about to do so in multiple industries. Bringing people in who are likely to become unemployable in the next 15-20 years is not a wise long term move.

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I've heard of this book and offer this NR and other reviews just to add to this thread: https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/09/book-review-one-billion-americans-matt-yglesias-argues-for-mass-immigration/ https://newrepublic.com/article/159306/emptiness-matthew-yglesias-biggest-idea-billion-americans-book-review https://quillette.com/2020/09/23/one-billion-americans-a-review/ From the Quillette review: In the end, Yglesias’s path to preventing America’s decline is to make it more like India and China No thanks.

Subsided and receded when it was demonstrated Trump and company were serious on trying to stop fraudulent and abusive claims of asylum with the Remain in Mexico policy, expansion of immigration court judges for speedier resolution of claims, some interior enforcement, some expanded border security efforts, etc... all for naught if Team Biden decides to allow de facto open borders.

First caravans forming and on the move Migrant Caravan in Guatemala Pushes Through Border from Honduras — Heading to U.S.A. https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/01/16/migrant-caravan-in-guatemala-pushes-through-border-from-honduras-heading-to-u-s-a/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

FIFY Yale Study Finds Twice as Many Undocumented Immigrants as Previous Estimates | Yale Insights If they are regularized, goodbye recent wage gains, hello race to the bottom of hourly wages for the working classes. Next will be a massive importation of knowledge workers, foreign professionals, etc... good luck middle and upper-middle class America... That's the plan - "legalize" those here illegally to transmit to those thinking about it to come over without having to say it. Overwhelm the system with numbers and change the facts on the ground. When you add (eventually) 20+ million voters who heavily skew to one political party you have changed the game to make it now unwinnable for the other player. When the Dems have power they use it, when the Repubs have power they tell us they will use it but do nothing... Nope - we need a break from immigration, all immigration, for at least 1-2 generations (I would define that as 15 years per gen) to stabilize our labor market and not radically / quickly skew our demographics to alleviate growing internal division and enmity. Big nations need a reasons to hang together and are inherently fragile internally; the conjunctive ideology holding them together may be morally right but it is not necessarily hardy or durable in the real world, proceed cautiously. Disagree - you are undermining the rule of law (what remains of it), one of the main reasons that makes our country a place people want to come here. I'll again disagree with you on the physical deportation of 11 million people, it's likely 22 million or more, it could be done but I understand why it is eschewed, but that doesn't mean we accommodate them. We either defend our borders, enforce our laws and protect our people or we are not a sovereign country anymore but something else.

No but I'm not nor ever have been full bore unregulated capitalism ala Libertarians. I'm realistic, we change our laws, policies and structures as time and conditions require. I'm for Realistic Capitalism, the free market and free enterprise is the most successful and efficient means of economic activity for the vast majority of the population of any group of people but people are inherently flawed and fallen, therefore a set of rules that are fixed but adjustable must be imposed, interpreted and enforced to deliver the maximum amount of benefit to the maximum amount of people while not discouraging the industrious and ambitious. This system will also be run so as to not exceed the moral bounds of our culture / society, again adjusted with time and conditions as opinions, preferences and attitudes change. Now back to typing my manifesto...