It might be 100 years, but in the long term I think the wealth transfer mechanism will be in delivered energy. Barrels of oil work well for now, maybe we'll switch to Joules eventually.
>We can't build superstructures, even if we got rid of the military.
Research Dubai. They're building the world's 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and fourth greatest structures at the same time. The #1 building is almost twice the height of those towers in malasia.
> We could probably build a huge particle accelerator if we got rid of the military though..
personally making scooters and small hatchbacks sexy like they do in Europe would be a good idea, as would coordinating flights better to not have half-full jets wasting fuel taking off ...
Now watch this get downmodded.
Just say what you want and don't worry about the karma. You've got something of a stream of consciousness style going on; your posts are longer than most here. My advice is to try and make your posts more concise. If they were shorter, people would be more likely to take the time to reply rather than just downmod you.