For the Moment…

A few thoughts on the topics of the day….

One-Issue Voter

No, not abortion, not Israel, not Trump Derangement Syndrome.  My one issue is the non-aggression principle (NAP).  A politician who speaks to this and has a track record of living to this will get my vote.  Not that it will make any difference…. (for sure, not since November 22, 1963).

Now, the application of the NAP takes some unpacking.  There are self-described libertarians who are on all sides of almost all issues, each one claiming he is making the thin libertarian argument.  I spent the first several years of this blog working out my views on several such seemingly controversial topics; the libertarian answer turned out not to be so difficult for me:

·         Abortion (no)

·         The Jab and other such forced medical treatments (no, yet, stunningly, many so-called libertarians went haywire about this)

·         Open borders (the NAP can’t answer this question in a world where the state prevents me from defending my private property; the closest approximation given state control is to answer “no”)

·         Foreign wars (no)

·         Foreign aid (who would have thought this would be controversial amongst libertarians…October 7 blew this door wide open, at least for one very prominent libertarian)

·         Secession and decentralization in state governance (yes, always)

Of course, I could simplify all of this by just saying “property rights,” but as this would eliminate most forms of taxation, well…in a world of humans, I can’t afford to be a purist.

There are hundreds of candidates who oppose the taking of life in the womb yet fully support the taking of life in places like Syria, Iraq, Ukraine and Gaza.  There are hundreds who take the exact opposite view on each. 

“My body, my choice” is supported by those who want to murder unborn infants, yet is denied by the same people when it comes to penetrating my skin with a foreign object.

There are hundreds who profess Christianity yet have yet to discover a war they didn’t like.  There are some who claim to desire border control yet at the same time have no problem voting to invade my personal borders.

There are a handful who oppose foreign aid, except foreign aid for the land-based aircraft carrier also known as the fifty-first state.

There are none, or none that I am aware of, who support plebiscites to determine secession and decentralization. 

If It’s True…

…then no law is needed to protect it.  Just open discussion among honest participants.  If it’s true, then cancel culture is exactly the opposite tool to be applied – again, open discussion will expose the lies and offer the means to land on the truth.

There is a panic about what has recently happened on college campuses, a panic about how views are changing regarding that aforementioned fifty-first state.  The panic is resulting in proposed laws, as well as banishment and isolation.

But truth doesn’t need any such protection offered by laws or cancel culture; only lies do.

Self-fulfilling Prophecy

Christian Zionism (simplified): unquestioning and unreserved support the state of Israel; the Battle of Armageddon; an army of two-hundred million; total destruction.

Maybe not in exact detail, but on the key points they may be getting their wish.  The state of Israel is not going to survive what is happening today.  This, of course, is a dangerous possibility, as…well…the Samson Option.  Nothing is off the table given the views of those who control such decisions.

Will cooler heads prevail?  Many point to the Israel lobby in the United States as ensuring there are no cooler heads.  While this lobby isn’t irrelevant, I find it secondary.  Absent the support of Evangelical Christian Zionists, the political landscape on this topic would change.

So, will cooler heads prevail?  Show me a cooler head in a position that can change the views of Christian Zionists and US politicians, and then I will consider this question. 

In the meantime, these Christian Zionists may bring their heresy to fruition, but this would be due to their false prophecy and resultant advocacy instead of any message from God.

The Endgame

There is no way out for the hegemon other than a continued slow fall, followed, likely, by a strong crash.  The hegemon will shrink, lose influence.  Mackinder was right: the Heartland Theory is in full play with China and Russia leading the way in consolidating the Eurasian landmass.

Mackinder summarized his theory as follows:

·         Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland;

·         Who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island;

·         Who rules the World-Island commands the world.

Hence, the importance of keeping Germany and Russia separated – a focal point of Anglo policy for well over one-hundred years.  Also, hence the stupidity of driving Russia and China into each other’s arms.

Mackinder’s theory explains every war since 1914.  These weren’t wars for any of the reasons we were told: oil, communism, Israel, women’s rights.  These were wars in the regions surrounding the heartland of Eurasia, for the purposes of control and destabilization – thus preventing the heartland from developing.

As China and Russia consolidate Eurasia, this will send the West back to the periphery, figuratively, as long as the West fights this inevitable rise of a multi-polar world.

Unfortunately for us, empires rarely die peacefully.