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Dateline 2010: the world-historical situation
In the twilight century of western civilisation, the US, the last resting place of western power, has as its primary purpose the containment of rising China. China has as its primary purpose to put the world 'back to rights'. It is playing a waiting game, and is anxious not to jump the gun.
Dark Age Watch (DAW on hold.)
Issue du jour 1: War with Iran--important to containing China but delayed over two years
Issue du jour 2: The world economy--unbalanced, interwoven, delusional--some predict its unravelling
Issue du jour 3: Somalia--leading the world into a dark age
Issue du jour 4: Pirates exploit the decline of international order
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On sufficiently long time scales, no gains are permanent
Seneca (the Younger, c. 4 BC - AD 65)
All the human race, whatever it is and whatever will be, is condemned to death. All the cities that have ever held dominion over the world, and that have been the great decorations of empires not their own, someday people will ask where they were. And they will be destroyed by various types of destruction: wars will ruin some, idleness and the kind of peace turned to sloth will consume others, and by luxury, a deadly thing to people with great wealth. All these fertile plains will be blotted out of sight by a sudden overflowing of the sea, or the slippage of the settling earth will sweep them suddenly into the abyss.
(Letters #71)