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It is indeed a remarkable example of political/geopolitical awareness, the most of which I agree with - which is rare, though I have identified quite a few such thinkers - but OTOH many commentators supporting such views tarnish that with a lack of nuance and a weakness to side with the enemy (in the well-known ""the enemy of my enemy is my friend" fallacy). Nonetheless, I find it opportune to express my central gribe with intelligentsia of all colours (including those few who have compatible awareness of the current situation) and through all ages: No one thinks it through (something I value greatly) to understand that all the ills of the world are ENDEMIC, as core part of modern culture - which is a coin with two sides, on the one side remarkable advances in knowledge and capabilities (enabling great art and other forms of self-realization, too) but the other side is exactly the principle of ruthless and morality-free exploitation for the benefit of the culture's more or less visible leaders (hint: It's not the politicians) - so overall it is a Trojan horse. Thinking it through further asks whether this can be changed (answer: provisionally no, the "provisionally" being the small glimmer of hope I can maintain) and where it went wrong (answer: where power became more than a temporary OBLIGATION to society, as exercised by Cincinnatus). Finally, it is the inability to think it through in this sense (as a general and not only singular ability) that brought us here - one of the human species' fatal flaws.

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