yeniseri wrote:If behaviour is any indicator and the Billionaires are the 1% and they are afraid and going to this extrent, then there is a message that we all can learn from!
They know the sh&t is real so they are preparing despite their societal positioning! It is inevitable based on their preparation strategy, don't ya thank so?
The truth (behavioural expression of being) cannot speak any louder! What are the rest of us doing?
What is the root cause of this fear of things (society...) disintegrating to the extent that bunkers would be needed? Well, even the rich can recognize that their wealth and power is insufficient to control everyone else and to get their way (the answer is probably NOT just gaining more control, although many individuals, corporations and societies try to do this). Even worse is when they do not understand the reasons why things are not going the way that they dream that it should (must be some conspiracy?).
So, even after the USA became a superpower after WWII, our military might cannot really subdue opponents, our diplomatic and military efforts cannot convert other countries into well functioning democracies, and even religious beliefs are declining in the USA, not to mention the failure to convert other peoples to the Christian belief system, etc. What to do, what to do? Why aren’t other societies converting to how we want them to be? Why are they hostile to our attempts to “help” them?
Well, (perhaps) as long as the USA views things as the powerful (economically, militarily, culturally, or whatever) being entitled, and look at things only from our own selfish perspective (what do we do to get OUR way), and maintain our huge egotistical view of ourselves (we are superior, blessed, destined, free...), then we will be working for our own interests at the expense of others, rather than working for the common good. If we act only in the interests the powerful, then we cannot really be working for the common good, and we will act in opposition to others who are different than us (in social structures, governments, beliefs, histories, wealth, technological development, etc.). Then there will not be peaceful coexistence; there will be conflict. With technological advances, conflicts (not only military conflicts, but also environmental, etc.) become more damaging, or at least potentially damaging. If our use of force does not succeed, then others will resort to force (often covert but also overt, e.g. increased “terrorism”) to resist us. Even the “war” on “terror(ism)” has failed (as if cultural differences could really be “solved” solely with military might). Therefore – bunkers!
The USA is a country that was purposely set up as something different to monarchies, theocracies, or other totalitarian systems, and this democracy inherently means that compromise rather than forceful dominance should be the way that we should operate. But those in power do not want to compromise, and when they do not get everything the way that they want, then force or coercion (often including the enactment of unjust laws) is resorted to. This is not the recipe for mutual improvement and peaceful cooperation (the common good). We were set up as a union of (somewhat) different independent groups (the different trading colonies that became different states of the union) and so “states rights” as well as “national interests” must be considered. But we seem incapable of treating other populations (countries, races, religions...) with equal consideration. Therefore conflict; therefore bunkers.
Even within our own country, we work primarily in the interests of the rich and powerful rather than the interests of the common good. How then could we be expected to operate in a cooperative manner that would advance the common good for everyone rather than just our own country’s self-interests? Therefore, continued conflicts – and bunkers!
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 1:13 pm
