The people who lived in communism are peculiar.
They don't trust people. Anyone could be an informant for government.
They don't share feelings, problems, anything can be used against them.
This behavior was an adaption to a surveillance state.
How will adapt to current surveillance state and to current manipulation ?
Now not only the state wants your secrets but the sales men.
Fascism appeared when liberal ruled failed, economy was captured by an oligarchy.
The laws were ignored by rich, poor didn't believed the system.
People needed a leader loial to them, who has a personal bond.
When the leader failed to deliver, people become more decentralized and more left wing.
The benefits became spread more equally, economy developed and liberal middle class and upper class took control.
Till the economy concentrated in the hand of few, and then system colapsed and fascism appeared again.
The dynamic is very visible in western Europe but not in US, because Franklin Delano Roosevelt broke the cycle and jumped directly to socialism, by his reforms.
In Old Testament in book of Genesis we have the story of an envious brother who kills Abel because Abel had the grace of God.
What could stopped the envy of Cain to escalate into murder would have been a common value between Abel and Cain.
In a boxing match do you think that the loser envies the winner?
I doubt.
Why ?
We have clear value: the one that beats the other is the best.
And we got an instant feedback.
Also every participant could improve his skills.
In Cain and Abel story, Abel buys the favor of God with great sacrifices, we don't know why he is better or chosen one.
We don't have a feedback, Cain works more but receives less
Cain can't do anything to improve his relationship with God.
US is like in Cain and Abel story, you don't have a clear valuation of people, 2 old demented guys were presidents.
You don't have a feedback, you work more but your factory is closed and moved overseas.
There are opportunities in tech but you have to buy a course from university.
Interesting the pilgrims who colonized new England were a Calvinists in their theology and thought that God rewards you on this world.
So we have a Cain Abel situation, that really happened: Luigi Mangione killed United Health Alliance manager.
A disposed Cain killed the one favoured by fate, Abel.
PS.
This situation is not specific to the US. But it manifests more violent there.
In the '80 it was a navy office, Pollard who gave Israel US classified information. He was caught and severely punished. It was US message to Israel to not take their friendship for granted.
Maybe Israel took this time US friendship for granted if they attacked Iran without consulting with US.
There are 2 reasons why US won't invade Iran:
1. If it commits it's forces there it leaves Taiwan unprotected and China will seize the opportunity to take it.
Losing Taiwan, Chinese submarines can approach undetected from US west coast, and Chinese navy will roam free in Pacific.
If US responds to China, it is WW3 and US will be stretched in Ukraine,Iran and China
2. British and French controlled their colonies by antagonizing the local tribes and being kind of referee.
US has the same role between Israel, Saudi Arabia and Iran.
If Iran is gone, those countries don't need US.
The theologian of middle ages, wasted time debating if the angels have sex.
(Victoria secret angels for sure they have.)
After them came the impericist who tested hypothesis.
Also in same period we have the renaissance man who knew few trades and he could use this to check if the hypothesis is correct (Leonardo da Vinci, knew to cast bronze,paint, sculpt, build complicated machinery)
After that came the nature philosophers like Newton who tested their knowledge against nature.
German university were the first ones who used research.
And now in 21 century we are back at scholastics.
I just saw a video of US history professor who lectured about Aztecs and he said that in war they wrestled their enemies they captured them and they sacrificed one year later.
As anyone who studied self defence, the best way to defend against a wrestler is to stick a sharp object in to some blood vessels or in the eye or throat.
The Aztecs and their enemies had obsidian blades, they could sharp an antler, or a thick branch and use it, if they wanted to avoid a heart surgery on the top of the temple.
And the 'profesor' laughed and said that mist of the people don't use their brain
I don't want to publish the name of the profesor because I hope he fades in to obscurity.
Honestly I expected more from US universities, I expected more a pragmatic no nonsense approach, in which the hypothesis are strongly scrutinized.
It is not the only case: I have read a study that showed that make hands evolved for punching.
Then why some boxers fracture their hands?
Democracy is failing, first election of Donald Trump twice, a finale between two olde men, Trump and Biden, the succes of an candidate created by TikTok in România: Georgescu. The eternisation of Orban and Erdogan at the helm of their countries. Right wingers having succes everywhere. EU leaders that are not elected.
All these are symptoms of a system that is not working properly.
What is democracy?
Democratic Republic of North Korea is not democratic, while the monarchies of UK, Netherlands,Belgium,Spain are.
So the democracy is not in the name of the regime, but a system in which decisions are take by a colective, directly or indirectly through temporary representatives. All European monarchs are just figure heads.
The simplies form of democracy is a group of people who decide a course of action to solve a problem.
Let's suppose that a group of Athenians want to build a wall to protect against Persians.
The problem is observable for all.
All they are affected.
They can understand their problem, and know how to fix it.
They can evaluate the results of building the wall because every Athenian build his own house.
They have moral and patriotism and they vote in the best interest of the city.
Because the problem is observable, understandable, citizens have expertise and they don't have incentive to cheat, they will take a good decision.
Let's take another problem.
Spies inform that persians are gathering a large army and the best solution is to attack first.
First the problem is observable by few, and citizens are not feeling the impact.
Even if they have all the information, they can't understand that all the scattered information shows that persians are preparing for attack.
How many have expertise to lead an army? Maybe 100 people. If the rest is against those people can't do nothing. They have to use rethoric, and the common denominator: emotion, to convince the Athenians to act.
Maybe some merchants have businesses with Persians and don't want to jeopardize them, and they vote against attack, and maybe they betray Athens.
The modern democracy has solved some of the problems, but introduced others.
Due to mass-media citizens can observe far away problems.
But mass media is used to manipulate.
Due to universal education citizens can understand better the problem and take a decision
By using a representative democracy and a state bureaucracy, the specialists are taking the right decisions in time.
But this lead to nepotism and corruption.
Intermingling of the rich citizens with undemocratic regimes, make those to undermine democratic interests.
In conclusion in order to have a functional modern democracy mass media must inform, school must educate, competent people must be promoted, representatives must respect their electors and rich people shouldn't do business with undemocratic countries.
