It is over.
In International Relations peace is maintained by Balances of Power. Peace is granted when there is a large centralized institution that has the monopoly on violence which does not allow smaller units of the stucture to start violence without their permission. Peace is not had by smoking weed and listening to the Grateful Dead, I'm sorry.
There was relative peace from 1945 to 1989 because we had a bipolar world, of the Soviet Union and The United States.
Then the Soviet Union fell and The United States was the sole power.
Now the United States has no money.
Which has brought in a State of Nature.
One could assume China would attempt a grab for power but China seems not concerned.
Which allows for Middle-Eastern countries to revolt.
And in the future will allow for any country to attack another country, because there will be no third party to stop them.
When America announced to the world, "We are doing budget cuts."
It announced, "We can no longer meddle. Our power is over."
Something very very fucked up has just happened in the world.
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Another power will probably emerge. We'll be another England then. It won't be so bad, except that the best music we'll be able to make will be like Radiohead. That'll suck.
something very fucked up has always happened to the world. I read your blog and agree with you.
I read your blog and disagree with you.
Our tribe is and always shall is.
Noah Cicero. What a name, brother.
jerry christmas and a happy bob weir
This is a good essay by Pat Buchanan. His even-handed approach should give all readers, liberal, conservative, and moderate, something to think about.
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