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Now that I have your attention......... Let's have a discussion. War in itself is largely inefficient. They cost a lot of money, people die, lots of exposure, rebuilding after burning everything to the ground takes time. For what? Aquisition of territory? Aquiring a natural asset? Acquiring a labor force? Improving foreign relations? Protecting democracy?
Let's get the obvious out of the way. In the old days the Church was the vehicle (and in many instances the driver). Missionaries show up, a church is built, bam, cultural genocide.
You can only build so many churches so what was the next step? Lend people money. If you have money and someone else needs it, you have the pieces for a wonderful enabling- codependent relationship. For example, typhoon wipes out your coastline, you accept foreign aid in rebuilding your country, can't make the repayment terms, a microchip factory appears in the jungle. My favorite: lend money to someone who you know will mispend it. Give it a little time and call them on it, threaten to tell the world that they spent the orphanage money on a palacial bowling alley, now you really got them under your control. Money.....it does its job in the back alleys, it does its job in the state departments. It is way under the radar, comes and various shapes and sizes, pretty much invisible to the masses unless you know where to look.
In the old days, it was the Church and that particular country working hand in hand. Now, the Church has been replaced by corporations. A logical progression.
So why do we bemoan war? The loss of human life, the loss of U.S. life (which is kinda like NIMBY)? What kind of life do you have when your culture is stripped away? What kind of life do you have when you are always being held down? Some people cannot see the forest through the trees cuz they are fixed on a single leaf. In closing, there are far worst things a nation can do to another nation than drop bombs on them.
Let's get the obvious out of the way. In the old days the Church was the vehicle (and in many instances the driver). Missionaries show up, a church is built, bam, cultural genocide.
You can only build so many churches so what was the next step? Lend people money. If you have money and someone else needs it, you have the pieces for a wonderful enabling- codependent relationship. For example, typhoon wipes out your coastline, you accept foreign aid in rebuilding your country, can't make the repayment terms, a microchip factory appears in the jungle. My favorite: lend money to someone who you know will mispend it. Give it a little time and call them on it, threaten to tell the world that they spent the orphanage money on a palacial bowling alley, now you really got them under your control. Money.....it does its job in the back alleys, it does its job in the state departments. It is way under the radar, comes and various shapes and sizes, pretty much invisible to the masses unless you know where to look.
In the old days, it was the Church and that particular country working hand in hand. Now, the Church has been replaced by corporations. A logical progression.
So why do we bemoan war? The loss of human life, the loss of U.S. life (which is kinda like NIMBY)? What kind of life do you have when your culture is stripped away? What kind of life do you have when you are always being held down? Some people cannot see the forest through the trees cuz they are fixed on a single leaf. In closing, there are far worst things a nation can do to another nation than drop bombs on them.
) method of messing with a country--change the people's minds, not the regime du jour.
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