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When I was in officer training school, we were taught about "National Power". This included a nation's economic/industrial output and military power as two pillars.. guess which one was the third? The People! Both in terms of total population and the basic metrics of said population. In other words, a nation that truly takes care of it's people, ends up with more National Power over all. This makes total sense when you consider that it is the people who make up the economy, industry, military and society. If you educate them and keep them healthy, then they can work and innovate etc. If you don't, they don't.

Very interesting about the Inca's. It certainly shows what can happen if you let the powers that be, become all powerful!

I'm happy to hear about Iceland. The way things are going here in the US I'm starting to look for a new place to be!

Wonderful Article as always!

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A big part of the solution, to me, is recognizing that power can only be given. The more educated we all are, the more we can take conscious actions that promote people and systems that proactively create the world we want. I love Sorelle's YT channel because she's doing a fantastic job educating the masses in ways that equalize the playing field and drawing attention to those seeking to centralize power. I'm watching many of her videos with my three teenage boys so that they also understand these concepts and the reality of how our current system works, as well as how our own minds can work for or against us depending on what kinds of presuppositions we seed them with. When I had kids I did so with the very conscious goal of raising them to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem. So far they're making me exceedingly proud! We're investing together, talking about the kind of future we're likely to have and how to "adjust our sails" for what's coming, as well as talking about what kind of world we want and how to best influence that in our own little ways.

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