Redemption of Humanity

Wars are inevitable, even desirable for Darwinian reasons. As Mother Nature proscribes for all her creatures, too much comfort weakens a species to the point where a perturbation could wipe it out. A society too stable becomes too comfortable. War erases comfort.

Humanity however, is dependent on Planet Earth but is fast overwhelming it's capacity for regeneration through pollution, erosion, desertification, construction and destruction (habitat, fisheries, etc.) Fixing such intractable problems might only be possible if humans obtained 'free' energy (Tesla, cold fusion, etc.) without which we remain bound by Nature's limits that we are bumping up against. Solar and wind are less free than once hoped. Even if oil is abiotic (continuously created within the earth), it is not produced at a fast enough rate to enable all 7 billion humans to attain that 4000 square foot home, double SUV driveway, 100 mile commute lifestyle. Even setting aside Climate Change (ie. assuming NO limits are set on CO2) and assuming that human ingenuity can find ways to exploit shale gas and frozen methane from deep ocean beds, side effects will undoubtedly put caps on these remedies, just as it does on nuclear energy.

Destruction is the opposite of construction. War is the great destroyer. Given the industrialization of war, the question I have always wondered is whether humanity can survive another major world war. We know cockroaches can and probably some scattered remnants of humanity, but, having already used up much of the easy oil and coal resource, could human civilization rise again from the ashes, as it has so many times in the past? Can technology survive the energy that runs it? The prospect of Nuclear Winter has kept major conflagration from happening to the present, but it now appears that cyclical forces described in The Fourth Turning along with generational amnesia are pushing us inexorably forward toward a new destructive cycle, heedless of risk.

The only antidote being put forward is global government. The problem here is that folks like my colleagues in the Canadian Action Party and the Family Coalition Party have detected unhealthy unethical qualities in what is now being called the New World Order (NWO) that provokes resistance from many rational and concerned people. These unhealthy elements range from excessive corporatism, competitive race to the bottom, excessive restrictions on freedoms and protections of individuals, to outright depopulation, genocide and eugenics. To my colleagues, these look, not like a progressive movement to advance humanity, but a resurrection of feudalism or fascism, where only a super elite (beyond merely rich) have any say, keeping the rabble in place through fake democracies such as the bought and paid for US two-party continuous-entertainment setup. Elites can manipulate public opinion through their media empires (MSM). They can weaken citizens with undemocratic, arbitrary and debilitating inflation and taxes such that on ubiquitous Carbon to win an unwinnable war on Climate, a derivative, not primary target. They use proxy wars (on suitably elusive terrorists) to justify fearmongering while gradually ramping up 'security' and eroding rights through arbitrary detention, etc. The gradual erection of the infrastructure for this NWO keeps billions employed and entertained, for it cannot be accomplished overnight and in the meantime, the trappings of comfort must be maintained, especially for those who might otherwise figure out what is really going on. Thus humanity willingly sells itself into bondage. When the legal chains have been forged, comforts can be removed. As they should be - 7 billion can't all have 2 wives, 3 SUVs, 4000 square feet, 5 chalets and six carved elephant tusks, if you'll pardon the math!

The problem with this scenario is emerging. Sentinels, occupiers and sufferers, like coal miner's canaries, are sensing the trap and are beginning to resist. If there is a conspiracy going on, the conspirators may be losing control.

The overarching problem is that unitary bodies are inherently unstable. Nature may have top predators (polar bears, killer whales, lions, humans) but these are not unitary, just collections of individuals. There is no singular king of whales. There have been monopolies which Roosevelt took care to eliminate in recent history, but it seems they are trying to make a comeback, especially in the financial sector. Histories of kings can guide a would-be king. But there has never been a super king over all. Rome came close but disintegrated and was destructive. Alexander was short lived. Islam did better but has been unable to recover or advance because of it's internal conflict with tolerance, upon which progress depends. Communism fell apart for more or less similar reasons. Queen Elizabeth apparently 'owns' one sixth of Planet Earth, but in name only - hopefully! Confucian China might be a model but did not have to contend with nukes, GMOs, WMDs, airport security or other planet shaking technologies. Although many look to the UN and its peers (IMF, World Bank, World Court) for global governance given the ineptitude we have seen, this is no model to bank on.

Unitary world government would suffer from the same problems as any system composed of individuals - corruption, power struggles, sclerotic bureaucracies, etc. Neither the UN, US nor any other model has been shown to actually work long term. Nation states came into being because city states could not protect their citizens alone. Supra national entities like the EU are a logical next step, especially if, in the EU's case, it prevents another disastrous internecine struggle. The EU though, looks set to collapse, an unfortunate development but one which may have a silver lining. A collapse may expose flaws such as those in the Lisbon Treaty which demolished necessary tribal protections Having done so, the EU may be able to be reborn better-built. If so, it may point the way to future solution of the problem of World governance.

In the meantime, instead of trying to cobble together a wrongly conceived NWO, it appears that we could actually achieve a stable Continentalism - the formation of humans into large, semi-diverse blocks, none of which has hegemony over others. The UN might continue, but it might not be needed at all. Most importantly it must never be made supreme by such means as carbon tax administration.

Continentalism would serve humanity well for a long time. We should enjoy it. Competition will smooth rough edges but will also allow new ideas to emerge and flourish as some deserve. Competition will also show us which ideas do not work. These a world government cannot do nearly so well. Tolerance of difference is built into such a system.

Thus, we are very close to already having an ideal system. What ain't broke don't need fixing. Concentrate on fixing broken stuff like overfishing instead of pie in the sky globalist schemes. National governments, the US in particular, need extensive repair and restoration, especially of the basic function of protection of citizens against the predations of one's own government. Canada needs a better response to globalist pressures and internal inconsistencies while maintaining its role as independent alter ego to US power. The EU project needs completion on a new basis with deeper protections. Africa needs to make something of itself. South America and Asia need to resolve themselves. Arabic Islam needs reform. Russia needs a home within something larger than its corrupted self, perhaps in a Northern Bloc? Aboriginals - some will resolve, others will stay as lab specimens - like heritage seeds - perhaps useful in some unexpected way someday. They should not be destroyed, any more than the species they, and we, depend on.

There's more than enough work to do for the next few hundred years. Get busy!

Happy New Year 2012

From your curmudgeon.