Stability and order are one of the things we treasure most in society. Well, we do without knowing we do. We sort've expect things to be stable because few of us alive today have any experience of massive crisis or war. My father was born in 1941, which means by now he is 64. Even he doesn't have a very real experience of the Second World War. It is our generation that needs to steer our consciousness towards awareness of our historical records, our historical patterns. It is our generation that needs to accept a No More War mentality. So far, you know, we haven't. We aren't.
I believe there are many people who implicitly support military actions because they feel that indirectly it favors them over another. This tendency to seek dominion over another is what we share in common with beasts. Nature controls their efforts at dominion nonetheless.
Support for war is encouraged by the media as being 'sensible'. But what if you were part of the majority of people these actions were directed against? In a real sense, the governments who cause their populations to engage in wars, direct the majority of people into conflicts that don't serve their interests. All people not in government are this majority. In fact, every day governments operate to serve only the interests of a tiny minority. People with control over central banks, and owners of multinations (including weapons factories - one of the wealthiest businesses to be involved in today). A war, of course, provides the biggest loan a country can make from the central bank. And rebuilding incurs further demand.
But what if, in all this so-called war-for-profit, a single weapon was capable of wiping out millions; what if it fell into 'the wrong hands'? Who is 'the wrong hands'? The media will tell you: anyone who isn't you. Fear them.
It is our fear that leads us to support war.
In a world where these weapons exist, we ought not to entertain aggressive manoeuvres. We know that. So why do we?
Aggression and fear lead us to Last Man Standing, and a Grabfest for the Puppeteering politicians and their Masters..
We now need to inculcate a culture of tolerance and understanding, even if it must be among ourselves, on a small and very local scale. We need to evolve new urban communities modelling new orders of co-operation and collaboration.
It's important to try to predict some of the shifts in popular sentiment, simply so that once these sentiments begin to overwhelm people, those who understand them don't give in to hatreds and emotions, but maintain a practical grasp of events.
Below is an example of what sentiments we're likely to see in the future, that will inflame people as the battle for resources (oil/energy, food, fresh water, medical supplies) intensifies.
I believe in the next months, we will see increasing momentum against the American tide. As economies contract, and the bloody swathes of war arc even further, and global weather worsens, the villian of this planet will become ever clearer:
The largest consumer of energy.
The largest polluter.
The country whose companies conduct the most environmentally destructive policies.
The world's largest disseminator of false advertising, junkmail and media distortions.
The world's warmonger.
A country based on show. Show me the money.
A country no longer based on know. Know thyself. Know what you are doing. Knowing anything useful.
A country full of excuses and aggression, and unable to tell the difference.
I believe we will see a massive American backlash, as the wary world looks to the source of its woe, with a shout of, "I TOLD YOU SO."
But the villain is less American citizenry, than their controllers. Ordinary people in other countries are unlikely to make that distinction. Perhaps they have a point, as at least half of the population elected its leadership.
It won't matter though, because America's problems have become so enormous, they have already engulfed us all.
The solution to this crisis is not to join protests or riot in streets (I believe we have passed that juncture). The solution is to form groups and communities; small, busy ant colonies, who begin to forge their own quiet solutions to the increasing challenges we face. These communities are based on fellowship and co-operation, not divisiveness. The world is based on systems (economic, energy, social-consumption)that don't work, that are unsustainable and frankly, unhealthy, and thus people attached to these systems face the collapse of lifestyles and livelihoods. New systems have to be created, invented, which require an act of will, and a collective enlightenment.
We can begin to aggregate and adapt to these systems now. It's a question of choice.
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