The Cold War was at its height, when the Army commissioned me as a combat arms officer. It was my responsibility to protect my country from the Enemy (Communism at the time) that threatened our way of life. They sent me to West Germany, where as a part of an attack helicopter battalion, I stared down the forces of the Soviet Union and prepared for war. In that time I learned how to analyze and understand the enemy. I was there to witness the literal cracks in the edifice of Communism as the Berlin Wall fell. Did we defeat the enemy? As I analyze today’s battlefield I conclude not. We, in this country and around the world, are facing an evolution of that same enemy. We need a better understanding to survive its predation.
Well said. I would love to see more community driven projects. Eg food farms and gardens, or clinics that run as cooperatives or even simply a return to a small business economy. The issue is getting away from this top down centralized hierarchy. These only historically fail. Empires collapse as entropy is inevitable. Eventually more energy and resources are required to maintain the systems than can be produced and so poof, they dissolve. Not once, not twice, not three times but always eventually it occurs. Perpetual energy continues to escape us.
Just like our bodies must balance everything, eg homeostasis. We too would likely better manage resources if we returned to smaller units, villages, tribes. Neo-tribalism.
Well said. I would love to see more community driven projects. Eg food farms and gardens, or clinics that run as cooperatives or even simply a return to a small business economy. The issue is getting away from this top down centralized hierarchy. These only historically fail. Empires collapse as entropy is inevitable. Eventually more energy and resources are required to maintain the systems than can be produced and so poof, they dissolve. Not once, not twice, not three times but always eventually it occurs. Perpetual energy continues to escape us.
Just like our bodies must balance everything, eg homeostasis. We too would likely better manage resources if we returned to smaller units, villages, tribes. Neo-tribalism.