Yes, the EU and other alliances in general, and individual states specifically, need to reestablish technical and financial independence, and keep it. International alliance can and should also be made, with the goal of always, always guarding sovereignty at home.
I had to come back to share with you what was coincidentally posted on YT this evening. Perhaps you will find it as relevant as I did – or not. By one of my recent favorite lecturers:
Best case scenario at this point is that both China and the US are successful in neutering each other’s foreign power.
I doubt either will be neutered, in the near future; heavily curtailed is a starting point.
A man can dream, right?
“In the beginning was the word.”
Aliester Crowley said magick is causing a change in reality, in conformance with will. It’s unfortunate so many conflate that with bippity-boppity-boo and no do. The word without action is merely a dream. Sacrifices will need to be made, even up to human life. That doesn’t necessitate bloodlust though.
I always thought the was a global shift coming although in my mind it was going to be to do with the end of the oil / gas era.
I thought that as countries moved away from fossil fuels, power would shift away from the US, Russia, and Arab states. As renewables replaced oil, energy generation would become far more diverse and distributed. Each country would be able to utilise their own resources (Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Hydro) and so not have the external dependencies they currently do if they’re not an oil producing nation. They would all gain stability through self reliance for critical needs.
I think we’ve already seen this in part with the EU disconnecting itself from Russian gas due to the invasion of Ukraine. Russia didn’t have the power it thought it did over Europe because there were alternatives. The EU was able to minimise gas usage and get what it needed elsewhere.
Part of me wonders if Russia kick-started a strong independent EU and now Trump is giving it another boost with the trade war. China is trying to step into a “vacant role” which the countries are just freeing themselves from. They don’t want another sugar-daddy that keeps the lights on.
Yes, the EU and other alliances in general, and individual states specifically, need to reestablish technical and financial independence, and keep it. International alliance can and should also be made, with the goal of always, always guarding sovereignty at home.
Best case scenario at this point is that both China and the US are successful in neutering each other’s foreign power.
A man can dream, right?
I had to come back to share with you what was coincidentally posted on YT this evening. Perhaps you will find it as relevant as I did – or not. By one of my recent favorite lecturers:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p7OUAoyIUWU
Eta: here is the text: https://hermetic.com/crowley/international/xi/11/humanity-first
I doubt either will be neutered, in the near future; heavily curtailed is a starting point.
“In the beginning was the word.”
Aliester Crowley said magick is causing a change in reality, in conformance with will. It’s unfortunate so many conflate that with bippity-boppity-boo and no do. The word without action is merely a dream. Sacrifices will need to be made, even up to human life. That doesn’t necessitate bloodlust though.
As an anarchist absolutely. As an American, absolutely.
I always thought the was a global shift coming although in my mind it was going to be to do with the end of the oil / gas era.
I thought that as countries moved away from fossil fuels, power would shift away from the US, Russia, and Arab states. As renewables replaced oil, energy generation would become far more diverse and distributed. Each country would be able to utilise their own resources (Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Hydro) and so not have the external dependencies they currently do if they’re not an oil producing nation. They would all gain stability through self reliance for critical needs.
I think we’ve already seen this in part with the EU disconnecting itself from Russian gas due to the invasion of Ukraine. Russia didn’t have the power it thought it did over Europe because there were alternatives. The EU was able to minimise gas usage and get what it needed elsewhere.
Part of me wonders if Russia kick-started a strong independent EU and now Trump is giving it another boost with the trade war. China is trying to step into a “vacant role” which the countries are just freeing themselves from. They don’t want another sugar-daddy that keeps the lights on.