I don't know that one should hold this against the general population. After all, they are own3d and propagandized beyond imagination. But yes, that general population has to - at some point - become part of the solution or else they are in the way, allies to the powers that be.
Agreed on why Russia, China, the adults in the room must go slow. I can't imagine what their higher level meetings are like. How do they discuss possibilities? Do they eat mushrooms and get drunk so as to somehow find understanding of the West? What would one have to do to get into Baerbock's mindset. Or Judge Chutan? Or Jack Smith?
From another angle, I realized today that maybe the biological/psychological reason for the psychopaths is that they can step in when everything goes to hell and that might be a survival edge for humanity as a whole - what little bit is left of it. (I've been wondering for a long time what their "purpose" is.) Regardless of that, the psychopaths will not walk away; this is what the Duran mean when they say "no reverse gear". So either they will drive events to crisis and failure OR non-psychopaths have to remove them. Malcolm X spoke of "The Ballot or the Bullet"; he was dead on.
They will not go away on their own. What would Gandhi do?
The other angle big on my mind of late is EROEI - energy return on energy invested. When there is no more growth, then the only way to get more is to steal it from each other. That spells the end of Rule of Law and we move into barbarism - perfect for the psychoplaths, eh? Which gets back to their survival edge.
Imagine a world where instead of every human having Gengis Khan's DNA everyone has Anthony Blinken's DNA?!
"When those wanting a faster rate of change complain about the careful and patient diplomacy and actions of Russia, Iran and China, they must remember the dangerous lunatic that those nations are dealing with; one that can make humanity disappear with it if it so decides, in a global murder suicide."
When I read screeds against the US, I always think to myself "yes, all true, it's even worse, but also that global capitalism is complicated and always changing, etc".
I don't know that one should hold this against the general population. After all, they are own3d and propagandized beyond imagination. But yes, that general population has to - at some point - become part of the solution or else they are in the way, allies to the powers that be.
Agreed on why Russia, China, the adults in the room must go slow. I can't imagine what their higher level meetings are like. How do they discuss possibilities? Do they eat mushrooms and get drunk so as to somehow find understanding of the West? What would one have to do to get into Baerbock's mindset. Or Judge Chutan? Or Jack Smith?
From another angle, I realized today that maybe the biological/psychological reason for the psychopaths is that they can step in when everything goes to hell and that might be a survival edge for humanity as a whole - what little bit is left of it. (I've been wondering for a long time what their "purpose" is.) Regardless of that, the psychopaths will not walk away; this is what the Duran mean when they say "no reverse gear". So either they will drive events to crisis and failure OR non-psychopaths have to remove them. Malcolm X spoke of "The Ballot or the Bullet"; he was dead on.
They will not go away on their own. What would Gandhi do?
The other angle big on my mind of late is EROEI - energy return on energy invested. When there is no more growth, then the only way to get more is to steal it from each other. That spells the end of Rule of Law and we move into barbarism - perfect for the psychoplaths, eh? Which gets back to their survival edge.
Imagine a world where instead of every human having Gengis Khan's DNA everyone has Anthony Blinken's DNA?!
"When those wanting a faster rate of change complain about the careful and patient diplomacy and actions of Russia, Iran and China, they must remember the dangerous lunatic that those nations are dealing with; one that can make humanity disappear with it if it so decides, in a global murder suicide."
This. Exactly.
When I read screeds against the US, I always think to myself "yes, all true, it's even worse, but also that global capitalism is complicated and always changing, etc".
But this is so well done, I just applaud.
well said roger.. thanks for saying all that.. maga as peacefully as possible..
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