We live in an age of chaos. So far chaos has been contained and controlled in a sandbox by the world powers. But playing with chaos is a risky proposition. One slip of hand and the bets are off. If you want to know more, step right in.
Age of Chaos
Category: geopolitics
One man’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter
Many Freedom Fighters are Terrorists. Not all Terrorists are Freedom Fighters. If you want to find out the conclusion of this syllogism, step right in, folks.
Prigozhin’s Rebellion
Plutarch recounts how the Sabine king Tatius compensated the traitorous Roman Tarpeia for her treason. He buried her alive under the weight of the gold she received for her infamous act. Tatius said “I love treason (since it helped me conquer Rome) but I despise the traitor.” Well, Putin likes neither. He rewards betrayal with death. Prigozhin made a play for power. He failed. He died. Dishonesty has a capital price in Putin’s world.
Putin’s Gambit – How the Superpowers are gambling World Peace away – Chapter III: The Players
World peace is at stake. America and Russia are willing to destroy the world for the sake of world domination. And we the denizens of the only inhabited world sit idly by while the whole house if about to crumble. But before acting we must understand what is going on.
Why Our Society is Heading Straight for the Precipice
“How did it come to this? That’s the question that would be on everyone’s mind had a nuclear war occurred and hundreds or thousands of nuclear weapons been used. Had a full-scale nuclear war broken out, especially after about the late 1960s,* we would still be trying to recover today. Hundreds of the world’s most … Continue reading Why Our Society is Heading Straight for the Precipice
On Tyrants and Power Structures
Tyranny is foreign to free individuals. The people do not need leaders or hierarchical power structures. We can work together because we have to. Power structures are destructive and harmful to all societies.
The Miracle of Acting – Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the actor who played a president on Netflix and then became President
How a good actor managed to become the President of Ukraine and how playing a role and reading a script won't save his country from War.
Putin’s Gambit – How the Superpowers are gambling World Peace away – Chapter II: The Background
The historical context of the Ukrainian-Russian War of 2022. A quick view of the major actors. Why we are currently in the middle of the Second Cold War.
Putin’s Gambit – How the Superpowers are gambling World Peace away – Chapter I: The Shadow of War
World peace is unravelling at an unprecedented pace. War devastates Ukraine brought about by superpowers unwilling to understand the stakes. Our lives hang in the balance while world leaders continue their bellicose rhetoric. People die in a power struggle that threatens to undo our civilization.
Götterdämmerung 