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History is not the distant tragic ledger of uncivilized beings. History is the evidence of our constant capacity for evil.

Only one can be the ‘top’ global totalitarian, and all that’s left after that ‘total devastation battle’ will be the global billionaire’s sweepstakes ticket off the wreckage, on one of Elon’s ships to Mars.

The US was not a signatory to the ICC. Crimes against humanity does not need to be overt. It can be indirect and insidious. What prevents a nation from committing to such a protection for a population?

Ukraine should consider the pattern of breaches of agreements of individuals before making any. The EU, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand are honourable, and will honour agreements made.

A nation that does not educate its population facilitates bonded labour in perpetuity.

A nation that denies services its population is entitled to in the contract for the commitment to nationhood is in reality an overlord with subjects trapped in bonded labour.

A nation that trumpets democracy but clusters votes, dilutes the real sum of the voices of the nation’s individuals and is therefore a false democracy.

A country that glorifies capitalism to the detriment of the needs of its citizens is a conglomerate of businesses, not a nation.

A nation that expects service from citizens when under threat, but declines to support those same individual’s needs after service, is a nation that has not evolved from slavery.

The presence of the most wealthy tech leaders at the inauguration will now always be associated with all the new administration now does. The appearance of endorsement can only be challenged if you speak up.

Interesting that free market societies will limit monopolies to maintain freedom in economies. But at this time the leader of the US has cemented a monopoly in government by using a tech giant to wield direct influence and cut off the other voices and branches of power meant to prevent monopolies.

‘War is to be altogether forbidden.’ Vatican II

War You must either value every single life which makes any war utterly unthinkable, or you must reduce the value of all individuals for the sake of a state’s objectives. All lives have value, or only the state has value.

Sanctions There is no Just War so the most effective response to aggression is sanctions. Nations that wish to aggress others will limit trade and interdependency in order to be less vulnerable when they aggress other nations. They will create dependency to have more leverage prior to invasion.