Sadly, Gandhis and Mother Teresa's or Mandelas aren't on the menus of humanity's politicians. Moreover, any astute politician knows what counts... as in MONEY, MONEY, and then, MONEY. In the final analysis,, even though Caitlin's words in this post resonate in every pore of my body, the power of MONEY still rules everything, and politicians know it. If Money wasn't the key to contemporary survival, the military industry would not be the principal source of the world's worst atrocities.
"You don’t need to be a saint to stand against genocide as a national leader"... Maybe, but I mentioned MONEY as the prime motivator of human survival. Please involve MONEY if you address "national leaders" 'in your response. The power of the IDF comes from its money factory, the U.S. When addressing anything that involves the power of MONEY, I would be pleasantly surprised to know that any politician can do anything about anything without it... saints notwithstanding...
"No “money” is not what motivates humans." I'm a pragmatic sort. I've seen what happens to people with no money, and it isn't pretty, nor comfortable lying on park benches in the middle of winter. Maybe on planet 'Klonda', but on Earth no money means nada of anything, unless you happen to be living on a tropical island where sea food just jumps out of the water to feed the locals. Where I live, middle of winter means minus 40 below on bad days... zero on good ones... want some pictures... I got plenty... with some people frozen to death inside their tent.... although no pictures of that scene.... "family privacy" according to the law... Try the great outdoors in a Canadian winter and let me know if you would pay rent to get warm... ... and paying rents means MONEY.. the universal survival tool.
BRICS should happen faster, please, and I say this as an American. Only when the world stops propping up the dollar as the leading reserve currency will the madness stop. The US will have to repudiate its debt, since it won't be able to inflate it away, try as it might, and it can never be paid back. Once they've defaulted, it's pretty much over. Meanwhile, there are 50 free and independent States in this so-called union and they should all start acting like it.
Well, they've seemingly tried, although I think the inflation we've seen to date is garden-variety government-growth-covering inflation and not the hyperinflation that would be necessary to cover the debt. The hyperinflation would necessarily lead to the crack-up boom. This won't happen as long as the Fed wants to pretend it has any political independence whatsoever.
The U.S. cannot dominate single handedly other big countries.
However the U.S. is and will remain a major country with a large economy and large population that is has proven to be willing to impoverish and suppress. Snowden already exposed they have the machinery in place to implement what’s needed to run a police state of expolited people.
Oh and they are already squeezing abd suppressing Europeans remotely. Richard Medhurst and Sarah Wilkerson on terrorism charges in the UK. Anti gencide and climate protesters imprisoned in the UK.
This is their road forward.
Also people have understood they are slowly building their version of the GDR-era anti-fascist wall. Except this will be a wall to keep out anti fascists.
Sadly, Gandhis and Mother Teresa's or Mandelas aren't on the menus of humanity's politicians. Moreover, any astute politician knows what counts... as in MONEY, MONEY, and then, MONEY. In the final analysis,, even though Caitlin's words in this post resonate in every pore of my body, the power of MONEY still rules everything, and politicians know it. If Money wasn't the key to contemporary survival, the military industry would not be the principal source of the world's worst atrocities.
You don’t need to be a saint to stand against genocide as a national leader actually. Nor even international law.
All you need to do is follow your OWN national laws.
They don’t. They break their own laws:
https://www.propublica.org/article/gaza-palestine-israel-blocked-humanitarian-aid-blinken
This is organised crime. Transnational organised crime.
Klonda,,
"You don’t need to be a saint to stand against genocide as a national leader"... Maybe, but I mentioned MONEY as the prime motivator of human survival. Please involve MONEY if you address "national leaders" 'in your response. The power of the IDF comes from its money factory, the U.S. When addressing anything that involves the power of MONEY, I would be pleasantly surprised to know that any politician can do anything about anything without it... saints notwithstanding...
Youre defaulting to well-debunked myths about human societies.
But that’s wrong:
https://mronline.org/2024/09/21/ancient-settlements-show-that-commoning-is-natural-for-humans-not-selfishness-and-competition/
No “money” is not what motivates humans. That right there is a table of the way neoliberalism debases human existence.
And no you don’t need to be a “saint” to avoid handing swords to a crazed maniac. You just need to be: human.
Klonda,
"No “money” is not what motivates humans." I'm a pragmatic sort. I've seen what happens to people with no money, and it isn't pretty, nor comfortable lying on park benches in the middle of winter. Maybe on planet 'Klonda', but on Earth no money means nada of anything, unless you happen to be living on a tropical island where sea food just jumps out of the water to feed the locals. Where I live, middle of winter means minus 40 below on bad days... zero on good ones... want some pictures... I got plenty... with some people frozen to death inside their tent.... although no pictures of that scene.... "family privacy" according to the law... Try the great outdoors in a Canadian winter and let me know if you would pay rent to get warm... ... and paying rents means MONEY.. the universal survival tool.
“ I've seen what happens to people with no money, and it isn't pretty,…”
Someone like Blinken is born rich. A neo baby. It’s not money it’s perverse neoliberal values that you are assuming and he was taught from birth.
The same is true of all these politicians. Biden was rich several decades ago.
This is just mass murder as an expression of dedication to neoliberalism and neocolonialism - that’s what Zionism is. Not “money”.
USA won't be able to supply weapons for much longer...............already China is divesting from US dollar.
BRICS is happening.
BRICS should happen faster, please, and I say this as an American. Only when the world stops propping up the dollar as the leading reserve currency will the madness stop. The US will have to repudiate its debt, since it won't be able to inflate it away, try as it might, and it can never be paid back. Once they've defaulted, it's pretty much over. Meanwhile, there are 50 free and independent States in this so-called union and they should all start acting like it.
I read today that Japan is beginning to divest itself of US Treasury Bonds.
The world IS waking up.
Why can't they inflate it away?
Well, they've seemingly tried, although I think the inflation we've seen to date is garden-variety government-growth-covering inflation and not the hyperinflation that would be necessary to cover the debt. The hyperinflation would necessarily lead to the crack-up boom. This won't happen as long as the Fed wants to pretend it has any political independence whatsoever.
You’re oversimplifying.
The U.S. cannot dominate single handedly other big countries.
However the U.S. is and will remain a major country with a large economy and large population that is has proven to be willing to impoverish and suppress. Snowden already exposed they have the machinery in place to implement what’s needed to run a police state of expolited people.
Oh and they are already squeezing abd suppressing Europeans remotely. Richard Medhurst and Sarah Wilkerson on terrorism charges in the UK. Anti gencide and climate protesters imprisoned in the UK.
This is their road forward.
Also people have understood they are slowly building their version of the GDR-era anti-fascist wall. Except this will be a wall to keep out anti fascists.
More like keeping the tax-slaves INSIDE the walls.
Americans are being exterminated as well.
Do hope so JennyStokes.