Food for Thought- The South [View All]

[gnofg]

This republican rule is comprised of the South. Most of the leaders are Southern.

If you follow the history of this country and think of the contributions of the south to our overall progress as a technological power, it fails miserably. The first wave that helped us was the industrial revolution. All during the industrial revolution the south was an agrarian society that used slavery and tenant farming as a means to be competitive. Finally the south started to get industry in the sixties. How did they do it, by promising a workforce of non-union employees(cheap labor). The second wave was the information age. This was located primarily in the west(Silicon Valley) and the east( IBM- NY) and Boston. The south had very little contribution to the second wave. Because they lack the culture that truly respects academic achievement they contributed very little to the overall gains we have enjoyed as a country. Their only contribution has been a "we can do it cheaper mentality"(look at Wal-Mart). I do think the south are good business people(very shrewd) but it has always lacked the foresight to look long term. (By the way, I live in Atlanta and know southern business people very well )

With this in mind, I can't think of any group of people more ill equipped to deal with the complexity of the next hundred years