Quote Originally Posted by Ramil View Post
No, I'd probably be a nomad and spend my life on a horseback burning and looting peasants. A very interesting life. )))
Ok, so you just supported what I said that most applications for those who wanted the 'interesting life' were some kind of military applications: army, pirates, etc.

Quote Originally Posted by Ramil View Post
Then - simply implanted electrodes in the satisfaction centers of human brain.
Yeah, I know you like bringing that danger on. But let's face it - nobody presented a sufficient proof that would be the way the humankind would adopt en mass. The drugs (=the chemical technology known for ages) allows the users a similar effect, but it's not heavily used by most people. So, I don't think the 'electrodes' issue is that serious. On the contrary, I think the way the technology goes is satisfaction of the senses on a new level. But that's another story.

Quote Originally Posted by Ramil View Post
Well, not US alone ))) but generally the policy of simply extracting natural resources without giving anything in return. [...] How very moral and democratic.
No quite so. They get in return what they buy - the weapons to fight each other. They don't buy food, infrastructure, education. Is that the evil US forces them do so?

Quote Originally Posted by Ramil View Post
If these countries are simply left alone then the only thing they would need is time. They will do everything by themselves with time.
You have to elaborate on the benefits of that plan. What is obvious is that beforehand they killed each other with more primitive weapons and nowdays the weapons they use are more deadly. I don't see any significant progress. Take the South Africa for example. Before the very recently, the bantu people had a high crime rate in their bantustans. That was explained by the fact that they are not given the equal opportunity. Nowdays they have equal rights, so these days the level of crime in the entire country has set the world record. So, it's not that simple.

Quote Originally Posted by Ramil View Post
But again -- who in the democratic world would want (and allow) that?
I didn't get that. African nations export oil and other raw materials to the world market. That oil and raw materials are bought by the 'developed' countries who pay back their money and provide other benefits according to the market prices. The African nations then purchase weapons from the 'developed' countries for the fair market prices and subsequently kill each other. The local warlords ruthlesly rule thier tribes and the so-called 'countries'. Whoever is lucky enough to get any kind of education flees to the West to get a decent life for himself and his family. I met several black professionals from Africa who spoke Russian reasonably well as they got their degrees in Lumumba University in Moscow. Their opportunities in Africa are very limited as the local governments do not invest anything in the infrastructure. The infrastructure is either built mostly by the Western volunteers or is paid by the Western idealists or remains legacy from the Cold War era. I can hardly see your point.