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Originally Posted by krashkart
I'd hope for the US to step in to try to prevent the ME from turning into a sheet of glass rather than to help that process along. Have heard the theory many times that a thorough nuking is the only path to peace in the region, and I even believed in that at one time, but it's not the answer. Just like here at home, it's not the average person earning a wage or some right to live that creates bad policies. If nukes or bios go off it won't be politicians that suffer the most from it; it will be whoever happens to be there at the time. And that could be anyone. But there are many more 'average' folks out there than policy makers.
I hope for the best, but the reality does seem pretty dismal at times.  |
Actually times and again it's neurotic or extreme and bad or corrupt leadership are the ones that contribute to a nation's downfall. With this in mind it's the elites who are to be blamed for every blunder of their policy and fall of their society civilization while they take credits for policies which implementation and results don't depend on them much. The clue is everybody can be a politician though not everyone can become a good politician but everybody is different and add to the fact that man is fallible then you have potentially a time bomb, major catastrophe in waiting in the form of your top leadership.
In an ideal world the safest route would be to rule by majority consent. That's the essence of democracy by the way. There's a very good reason to that too. The many average folks are not average at all and the few top elites may not be that good either or any at all. People get to power through many different ways: luck, deceit, backstabbing and plotting, violence, wealth/influence, charisma/appealing vision, or skills or combination of any of which. To know which politician is which takes wisdom. There are many different kind of dogs as there are many different kind of politician and person.
If you still disagree then I will ask this question:
What would you do and how would you do it if suddenly you have an almost unlimited resources and immunity from the law?
Certainly you would be a different man doing things differently and viewing things differently, setting up different goals and even think and feel differently. How much and how different may differ from person to person but suddenly you have it big and the rest I leave to your imagination. Do you know what would become of you if this happened to you? You'll be YOURSELF! Especially with time. Yeah that's absolutely scary! Why because most people have no plan on what kind of person they want to become.
There was this wise person who you might know who once said: if you want to know a man give him power.