Entering a Scary New World: Unipolar Hegemony to MultiPolar World
It’s hard not to watch the news and be dismayed. Everything seems so grim. I grew up in a world where the USA was the dominant power and espoused a hopeful future. That clearly has changed over the last 20 years as we have become an incompetent & corrupt elite-driven gerontocracy.
Our leadership and elites act like heroes when they are zeroes. They are inheritors, not builders. Literally squandering all the good will, resources and trust that has been built up over many previous decades.
We have outsourced much of our key manufacturing industries and helped grow our most dire threat in China. Run by the CCP which under Xi has clearly identified the USA & the West as their enemy. They have been operating in hybrid war methodology for over a decade, maybe even longer, while we have gotten lazy and compromised. Or maybe some of us have been driven by the naive view that they will become democratic and espouse liberal western values. That has clearly not turned out to be the case.
It’s not Right or Wrong. It’s Win or Lose. Russia & China play by very different rules and they see things as existential. Hence they will do whatever it takes. Not sure the USA & West feel or act in the same way. We have become comfortable and compromised, weakened monetarily, militarily and morale wise by horrible foreign policy in Afghanistan and Iraq that has left the American populace and our allies cynical and disheartened. Sadly, only a major catastrophe will shock us into waking up.
But I remain hopeful. We are still dominant in key areas of biotech, semiconductors and other areas of technology. We have a well educated populace with an immense capacity for change. Even if they are dragged into it kicking and screaming, Americans have done this before.
And we are driven by an individualistic society where it's true a small number of people can make a difference. America is Extremistan. We are entering a phase of the world and life that will be even more so. BIG challenges but also BIG opportunities. And it will require a whole new level of ruthlessness, sacrifice, of transformation and performance than we’ve ever seen before if we are to get through this.
This is why I always encourage and push for everyone to push themselves, physically and mentally. Chase the hard stuff that makes you feel pain. If you feel pain, it means you are growing. Develop a huge capacity for hard work. Be prepared to grind for a long period of time.
Go Build a business or businesses. Be financially independent. Basically as I’ve written many times before, be physically fit and financially lit. These are the basics of every adult male (or should be). It’s all about self development. Becoming a higher level of yourself.
You should also learn to fight (boxing or muay thai is pretty damn good) and shoot weapons to protect your family and neighborhood, because it will get ugly before it gets better.
Most importantly, to have a larger ambitious mission. Have a purpose and calling. One which should be to prepare ourselves for the upcoming global challenges. So at minimum, you aren’t a burden to others and so you are in a better position to help others along too. There is literally no point in doing well if you can’t bring along others.