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The "driving technology" argument held water before, but less so now. We pour unbelievable amounts of money into weapons technology. The realistic scenario is to keep doing that but look for technology spins offs there. There is a "Tang" in the Predator system somewhere...
As for the national pride thing, imho we need to look at our own country and build that up. I'd rather a vision of self-sufficiency is put forth and we try to realize that along with creating the next infrastructure. The green movement has elements of this but is mired in politics and stupidity.
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