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Tuesday, March 19, 2002  

Wired -- April 2002
From: "Death to America," sidebar article that explains the methods, upsides and downsides of thirteen military options for undermining the US domination of satellite technologies

"13. Wait it Out
Method: Wait for US to get careless, go broke, forget, sell out, and/or collapse from inherent contradictions of postindustrial capitalism.
Upside: Easy. Basically indistinguishable from giving up.
Downside: Capitalist democracy has buried many competing systems. Top challenger blatantly suicidal and feared by all. Huge American sums spent on space strengthen US economy by creating Tang instant orange drink and heat-trapping pizza delivery bags. US will commodify your discontent, sell it back to you on DVD."

posted by josephine anne lin | 10:34 AM
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