I woke up this morning thinking about interventionist wars. I know, so relaxing!
Maduro is a bad dude, Khamenei was a monster. These people were destroying their own countries. But will our taking them out help at all? I hope so, but I really don’t think so. If the US hadn’t invaded Afghanistan in 2001 would the women there be better off today? Not sure, but it would be hard for them to be worse off!
And then I got to thinking about aliens. It’s my personal guess that they do exist and have been here to visit and, assuming they are a more advanced civilization, I always wonder… why don’t they help us?!?! But now I see. If they took out Trump, or Putin, or Kim Jong Un, would we really be better off in 20 years? No, highly unlikely. Because the leaders that we have are a result of our own issues.
Our horrific leaders are a symptom of our own lack of maturity. If we don’t get better as a species we will just put another psychopath in power.
So really, in a lot of ways, if you want to make the world a better place it’s probably a far better idea to be a therapist than it is to be a political revolutionary.
Maduro is a bad dude, Khamenei was a monster. These people were destroying their own countries. But will our taking them out help at all? I hope so, but I really don’t think so. If the US hadn’t invaded Afghanistan in 2001 would the women there be better off today? Not sure, but it would be hard for them to be worse off!
And then I got to thinking about aliens. It’s my personal guess that they do exist and have been here to visit and, assuming they are a more advanced civilization, I always wonder… why don’t they help us?!?! But now I see. If they took out Trump, or Putin, or Kim Jong Un, would we really be better off in 20 years? No, highly unlikely. Because the leaders that we have are a result of our own issues.
Our horrific leaders are a symptom of our own lack of maturity. If we don’t get better as a species we will just put another psychopath in power.
So really, in a lot of ways, if you want to make the world a better place it’s probably a far better idea to be a therapist than it is to be a political revolutionary.
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