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Monopoly is bad, in geo-politics too.

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Unlike the case of Microsoft which eventually is facing competition (and is therefore on its toes now) from the likes of Google; USA still does not face any competition from any in global geo-politics, or even in its economic and military prowess. And it's natural for US to try all means to retain and further strengthen that monopoly without any presence of any global watch-dogs which would ask it to adapt policies that would encourage potential fair competition for the benefit of all stake-holders.

Today we must ask ourselves (Americans and non-Americans) why the rest of the world failed to come up with that potential fair competitor, that balancing force needed so that policy makers innovated to meet future global challenges better.

We won't have a quick answer. Whatever be the answer, it no doubt would be a complex one. And whatever be the solution, it too would be a difficult one.

Buckminster Fuller is one of the greatest inventors and thinkers of the twentieth century. In an article 'How to Know Your Life Purpose plus (How You Can Make a BIG Difference' he stated 'Deming (the Management Guru and the Quality Guru) taught a number of things, which are very different to standard American management principles. Normal management blames the worker for lack of quality. Instead Deming taught that in most business situations - 94% of the problems are due to systems, not people. Deming said "Don't blame the people. Change the SYSTEM."
Buckminster Fuller said much the same thing. He said to change the environment. Leave the people alone. You CAN'T change people! You CAN change the environment. You CAN change systems!'

We can debate on the effectiveness of the policy that US adapted since 9/11, does it aim at changing the system or the people.

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