thomas

Something I have noticed in the current political climate is how casually commentators and pundits frame the current direction of travel as if it was logical, natural, and ineluctable for the world in the 21st century.

Under their new narrative, it becomes self-evident that policies of "might is right" (power and strength over ethics as the ultimate arbiter of morality); "the ends justify the means" (utilitarianism over deontology); authoritarianism (executive supremacy over rule of law and checks & balances); jingoism (tribalism over good-faith diplomacy and value-driven alliances); and isolationism (transactional, bilateral deals over global collaboration and open trade) — are inevitable. 1/2

Aviator, diver, Etherean, nexialist, PhD in aviation ∩ climate science | Host of /diving /ethfinance /eth-staker /geopolitics /science /singapore /thomas

so true. The narrative of 'inevitable' power shift have taken so much attention that it is being taken as some natural law rather than a historical pattern which needs to be studied, quetioned and work through.