Comments by "Jim Luebke" (@jimluebke3869) on "How Would the US Government Handle Discovery of Alien Technology? YOUTUBE" video.

  1. Joe, if you want to know what happens when one group of humans has technology to dominate another group of humans, look at two histories: one, the history of the British Empire, and another, the history of the Maori conquest of the Moriori. The British brought Christian civilization to the world (with astounding success in many places). The Maori killed and ate the Moriori.
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  2. The innovation of the US military was put on hold twenty years ago when we invaded Iraq. Many major, next-generation programs were cancelled to pay for that effort. You'd be surprised how many defense contractors really hate war.
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  3. It's interesting to see what's rattling around in Lex's head, when he envisions a civilization with technology more advanced than ours. It says more about what's in his head than about any hypothetical civilization, though. He loves being inspired; but it's unbelievably naive to think that feeling of inspiration is more important than preventing this technology from falling into the hands of bad actors.
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  4. How much would advanced technology change the world? That would depend on whether the US has it, or someone else has it. The only answer that doesn't involve massive instability and war, is if the US has it.
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