You're right, soldiers wait till their contracts are over and become alcoholics because their fight never served the people if there's no accountability in these institutions. Its what soldiers mean by 'fighting for the man next to him'. People don't realize what a resignation of national purpose that is. How cynical military service is, absent of righteous action on behalf of a good and honorable nation.
I do understand the compulsion to preserve these institutions though. Will we continue to preserve them at great cost to the souls of those people that made those institutions worthy in the first place? At the cost of serving 'not the people'.
Things change. Out in the forest, one great tree falls over, 3 saplings rise to take its place. Given time those 3 saplings will be great too in their time. We will always have warriors.
How to make that transition occur in a way that doesn't harm the people and the security of the nation, is the real issue. The great old tree is going to fall.
I like your perspective. You worded that really well. Decentralization technologies and systems are cutting edge right now, and opposed by established centralized powers. I think tge future needs be a hybrid of what you describe and of deployment of the decentralization ethos.
Out in the shit, yes, that is a constant. A warfighter eventually comes home though, and even in peace will say the same thing after taking account of the big picture gains of wars fought -- nothing of value to the warfighter was gained except the preservation of the men next to him. That's why vets are dropping out of society after their service in substantial numbers. Drugs, suicides, self-destruction, they can't justify the sacrifices that were made. It's no coincidence the Q movement has a very strong pull on vets. Accountability needs to matter. The souls of our warfighters matter. The soul of our nation matters. It isn't just admin bullshit. I am 100% willing to fight next to this Marine. Even if that meant kicking the great old tree over so the saplings can grow.
You're right, soldiers wait till their contracts are over and become alcoholics because their fight never served the people if there's no accountability in these institutions. Its what soldiers mean by 'fighting for the man next to him'. People don't realize what a resignation of national purpose that is. How cynical military service is, absent of righteous action on behalf of a good and honorable nation.
I do understand the compulsion to preserve these institutions though. Will we continue to preserve them at great cost to the souls of those people that made those institutions worthy in the first place? At the cost of serving 'not the people'.
Things change. Out in the forest, one great tree falls over, 3 saplings rise to take its place. Given time those 3 saplings will be great too in their time. We will always have warriors.
How to make that transition occur in a way that doesn't harm the people and the security of the nation, is the real issue. The great old tree is going to fall.
I like your perspective. You worded that really well. Decentralization technologies and systems are cutting edge right now, and opposed by established centralized powers. I think tge future needs be a hybrid of what you describe and of deployment of the decentralization ethos.
Out in the shit, yes, that is a constant. A warfighter eventually comes home though, and even in peace will say the same thing after taking account of the big picture gains of wars fought -- nothing of value to the warfighter was gained except the preservation of the men next to him. That's why vets are dropping out of society after their service in substantial numbers. Drugs, suicides, self-destruction, they can't justify the sacrifices that were made. It's no coincidence the Q movement has a very strong pull on vets. Accountability needs to matter. The souls of our warfighters matter. The soul of our nation matters. It isn't just admin bullshit. I am 100% willing to fight next to this Marine. Even if that meant kicking the great old tree over so the saplings can grow.
This was a great read, you should start a blog...