First, it’s not the wish of leader cadre — CIA, D-R UniParty, Big Think Tanks, Big Philanthropies, Big Schools, Big Banks, Big Industry, Big Defense (mil and civ) — to build the things you want because it’s not their intent to protect a region of the globe formerly called United States. They have other plans altogether. Extract and control, yes, protect and enhance, no, because that would be silly from their POV.
We say, think, and write “we” assuming “we” out here are the same as “we” in there (leader cadre). That assumption is just entirely unjustified by facts on the ground (or, if you wish, in the water and air) and, at this point in time, borderline insane. If you want to get mad at someone, get mad at yourself for thinking things like “What are ‘we’ doing?” and “What do ‘we’ need to do?”. You’re mad because you know you can’t do anything to get done what you want done even if you knew everything that should be done, which you do not. You’re mad because you are frustrated, a common and very human experience and condition.
Second, I think a systems guys at, say, 60k feet up, would ask what this deliberate decrepitude signals. I think he would say it signals the end of a system, and I think he would say the system ending is the post-WW II inter-nation order, not The United States of America. I think he would say the way of success ahead is in remembering matters spiritual. I think he would say something along the lines of:
Quit your bellyaching and leave off being angry. It clouds your judgement. Design, develop, and try to deploy a fresh inter-nation communications system AND new United States self-defense structure, ones appropriate for modern conditions. And mission all of that to protect access to fair and reciprocal lines of communication — spanning and employing space, air, fire (electricity), water, and earth — used in trade by US citizens and their counterparts, citizens of nations with whom US citizens wish to do business.
Third, “we” ain’t dead, yet, but “we” sure is deef for decades. “We” can regain hearing, sight, and intelligence. All those assets remain inside “us,” if in degrees of atrophy.
Oligarchs gathered at Davos etc. assume the world is economies they can manipulate for their benefit. In fact, the world is nations who make economies, or not. Nations can be manipulated here and there but not fundamentally and not indefinitely.
Don’t ever try to be an oligarch. It is a pitiless job that never ends and never satisfies. Let the shoe fit, not larger, not smaller, so you don’t go lame. Oligarchs are people whom other people have abandoned to self-destruction.
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Principle III
Be silent yourself; that will induce silence in others. Do not fall into the habit of shouting, talking long and loud. Reduce contacts to a minimum. Carry with you an atmosphere of quiet contemplation, wherever you happen to be. There are some who live in a perpetual hullabaloo, in a tornado of noise. Whether they are in an exhibition, a fair or a hotel, or temple or Prasanthi Nilayam, they wag their tongues and will not stop. These will not proceed far on the Godward road. There are others who relish disputes and arguments; they are never content with obvious facts; they must create doubts where none existed before, and shake faith. They dispute whether Rama is superior to Krishna, or whether Krishna is a fuller or a lower incarnation of Godhead! People who have not touched the outskirts of the capital city dare dispute about the appearance and glory of the Emperor, who resides in the palace in the heart of the city!
