Warren Kinsella
Also Warren Kinsella
I don’t see the “need to be
shocked” as particularly reflective of modern life. I’ve been around the world and have witnessed
a wide variety of human-on-human atrocity that didn’t make anyone other than
me, the foreigner, bat an eyelash. Even
in local politics, people who have shouted to the heavens “move forward
together” have said, in private, that to get ahead in this world, it’s every man for himself.

This is nothing new; today’s
generation isn’t more ambivalent than every one that’s come before it. While there is still a large swath of
population that doesn’t care what happens to anyone other than themselves,
their family and perhaps their social group – a work cast, an ethnic or
religious group, etc – this is a trend that is on the decline. We are becoming more aware of our present as
part of a spectrum that includes the future
as well as the
past and are taking into consideration long-term consequence as well as
immediate benefit. As we are
hyper-socialized through urban living, media and now, social media, our nets of
influence (and therefore, of compassion) are ultimately reaching out further.

This, then, is the real human dichotomy; not the
political left vs. the political right, but individual independence vs.
social strength and mutual benefit. It’s
also the origin of strategy,
which at its simplest is planning for victory tomorrow, even at the expense of
a win today.

When we expand the net from
political strategy to actual military strategy, hearts-and-minds campaigns, fostering
local supports and where possible, facilitating structural collapse from the
inside rather than expending resources and political capital ourselves is more
the norm than ever. We don’t want to
kill off opponents – we
want to harness them as markets, partners, sources of usefulness. It’s that inherent biogical altruism playing
itself out at the international scale.

The majority of people who will
or would wield power register these examples and add them into their strategic
considerations, forcing them to lean a bit more in the pro-social, manipulative
direction. And the cycle continues.
What follows manipulation in
terms of fostering success? Empowerment.
So, to the dichotomy of good and
evil folk out there worried about a closing spiral on civilization, I would say
this: there
is good in this world – and it’s worth planning for.
Fordbsgtrek is a lion......... And a True Patriot!
Urbansurvivor is a lamb who would not survive for very long if the anarchy he condones ever does come to this country........
He forgets that we right wingers have the tools, the talent and the will to truly survive.
And if...... (heaven forbid) we ever see a collapse in law and order in this country due to any number of causes........ We will remember those who pushed for Canada to be so light wristed.
Left wingers will promptly be put on "gathering" duty in a lawless society.
If they are to be included at all.
The slowest buffalo will once again go to back of the herd to become prey for the wolves. And the fastest will set the tone.
Be careful of what you wish for Urbansurvivor...... It can all be over with a simple push of a button.
If you want to go fast - go alone.
If you want to go far - move together.