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The last two of eight prototypes for President Donald Trump's proposed border wall took shape Thursday at a construction site in San Diego.
The prototypes, including one built by Israeli defense firm Elta, form a tightly packed row of imposing concrete and metal panels, including one with sharp metal edges on top.
[...] The models, which cost the government up to $500,000 each, were spaced 30 feet (9.1 meters) apart. Slopes, thickness and curves vary. One has two shades of blue with white trim. The others are gray, tan or brown — in sync with the desert.
Bidding guidelines call for the prototypes to stand between 18 and 30 feet (5.5 and 9.1 meters) high and be able to withstand at least an hour of punishment from a sledgehammer, pickaxe, torch, chisel or battery-operated tools.
Features also should prevent the use of climbing aids such as grappling hooks, and the segments must be "aesthetically pleasing" when viewed from the US side.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @02:54AM (3 children)
Capitalism hasn't been around for thousands of years.
As we have seen here repeatedly, most people who like "Capitalism" don't even know what it is.
Suggest you look up "Feudalism" for starters.
successful empire
The words are oxymoronic like "military intelligence", "jumbo shrimp", and "congressional ethics".
Every empire so far has collapsed and USA is clearly in its steep decline.
Socialism has been a key trait of zero successful empires ever
"Oxymoronic" has already been used.
Additionally, "Socialism" and "empire" are antithetical.
...meanwhile, Capitalism, empire, and murder are all closely linked.
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday October 26 2017, @10:50AM (2 children)
Rulership is not the same as an economic system. Feudal systems were pretty much entirely capitalist both on the peasant level and the noble level. If you don't understand at least that much you have no business speaking on economics; if you do you were being deliberately disingenuous.
You seem to hate the word empire. Which is irony-meter-breaking given that you want to impose your will across the entire world. I assume you genuinely don't see the tyranny in that, which is both hilarious and pathetic.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @08:45PM (1 child)
Heh. I was quite sure that you don't understand either and I was right.
In Feudalism, the serf class was bonded to the land.
Unlike an employee who can move to another job, if a serf was found wandering around off his noble's estate, he was in deep shit, very much like a slave in the slave economy of the USAian South.
...and a noble was bound by Noblesse Oblige to look after his serfs--unlike Capitalist employers.
I've previously mentioned Aaron Feuerstein, "The Mensch Of Malden Mills".
He stands out in that he made the very unusual effort among Capitalists to take care of his employees after they were idled when his factory burned down.
So, NO. Capitalism and Feudalism have different names because they're different things.
Again: Most people who like "Capitalism" don't even know what it is.
to impose your will
You don't understand actual Democracy and cooperation either.
Your vision of the world is a very unpleasant place, so full of top-down and conquest that you can't imagine anything else.
#Sad
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday October 27 2017, @12:55AM
Again you try and conflate rulership with economic systems. Sorry but no. They are not the same thing.
And tyranny of an individual or tyranny of the masses matters very little to those with the boot on their neck.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.