Tag: Ukraine War

The Pitfalls of the Rules-based World Order

We live in a world where anybody can become Prime Minister if they have the right pedigree. Without any popular scrutiny, validation, or election. We also live in a world where some people are barred from running, even after being validated by the electorate. This is the rules-based world order the WEF is working had to impose on eight billion unwilling subjects. War, famine, pestilence, fearmongering, inflation, moral decay, virtue-signaling, are all weapons of working the public into acquiescence.

Montesquieu was Right

Change doesn’t happen in a vacuum. No one changes their ways just for the heck of it. But if one must change, they’d better do it for the right reasons. Being neutral is a safer bet than adhering to any military alliance. Nobody owes anyone anything. Protection doesn’t come gratis. And sometimes the price is your own existence.

Who can save Ukraine?

They say that the only people who see the end of the war are the dead. I wonder if that is the only certainty in this solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short Life of ours.

The Swiss Self-Sabotage – Sic Transit Gloria Helveticae

The Swiss became rich because they played it smart, staying out of European and World conflicts for 507 years. That’s a long stretch. Now, they decided to take sides. Unfortunately, History is replete with brutal reminders of what happens when people forget their lessons. The price of adventurous folly is always steep. Caveat emptor!