Most are physically not able. The pacified nature of most peoples existence means they can not preform some of the most basic elements of soldering, which is why I find the march to war so perplexing. I agree with your assessment, but I think the powers that be have greatly misjudged the situation. Perhaps that's the point, large numbers die as a depopulation exercise and they can continue living the same way with much less people about? Who knows. I still feel its going to train-wreck massively though. The ineptitude and inbred nature of the power elite is staggering. Iraq/Afgan/Syria/Ukraine all went/are going so well that we need more? Outside the slaughter of innocent people which is wrong on a basic level, they never achieve their aims and loose geopolitical/economic options, or at least to my eyes it seems this way. So many assume that there is this overarching 'grand strategy' and the various players in the alphabet soup agencies are playing 5D chess, but the reality is there isn't, these agencies are stacked with people who all think the same way and they'll keep making the same mistakes over and over again.
You recently emailed subscribers an appeal for patronage, saying you’ll start working as a waiter. Is there a possibility you can go back to working your white-collar, HR job, or something else using your MBA? I understand you found the work abhorrent, constitutionally and as a matter of principle, but an office job would employ skills of yours more scarce and, (as determined by the market), valuable, than would waiting tables, a (hard) job that also contributes to capitalism/consumerism, but (likely) would pay less than an office job you could feasibly get.
I suspected this back as early as 2021 when Russia started posturing against Ukraine. I must have spent somewhere in the ballpark of $5,000 - $8,000 getting myself up to speed on anything that might help during a draft. Everything from learning wargame sims used by the DoD, to how radars work, to how flight systems work in American, Iranian, Pakistani, Chinese and Russian fighter jets and helicopters. I am not done yet by a long shot. With only two hours a night, you can see the results on my personal YouTube. I have studied war and international relations/security studies in particular since childhood and made it a focus during undergraduate and graduate studies. Good luck, everyone. It never hurts to prepare for the worst. Best-case scenario, you spent some money and learned new skills along the way. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF0ei_jtaayvhYh8Ewegatg
Most are physically not able. The pacified nature of most peoples existence means they can not preform some of the most basic elements of soldering, which is why I find the march to war so perplexing. I agree with your assessment, but I think the powers that be have greatly misjudged the situation. Perhaps that's the point, large numbers die as a depopulation exercise and they can continue living the same way with much less people about? Who knows. I still feel its going to train-wreck massively though. The ineptitude and inbred nature of the power elite is staggering. Iraq/Afgan/Syria/Ukraine all went/are going so well that we need more? Outside the slaughter of innocent people which is wrong on a basic level, they never achieve their aims and loose geopolitical/economic options, or at least to my eyes it seems this way. So many assume that there is this overarching 'grand strategy' and the various players in the alphabet soup agencies are playing 5D chess, but the reality is there isn't, these agencies are stacked with people who all think the same way and they'll keep making the same mistakes over and over again.
You recently emailed subscribers an appeal for patronage, saying you’ll start working as a waiter. Is there a possibility you can go back to working your white-collar, HR job, or something else using your MBA? I understand you found the work abhorrent, constitutionally and as a matter of principle, but an office job would employ skills of yours more scarce and, (as determined by the market), valuable, than would waiting tables, a (hard) job that also contributes to capitalism/consumerism, but (likely) would pay less than an office job you could feasibly get.
I suspected this back as early as 2021 when Russia started posturing against Ukraine. I must have spent somewhere in the ballpark of $5,000 - $8,000 getting myself up to speed on anything that might help during a draft. Everything from learning wargame sims used by the DoD, to how radars work, to how flight systems work in American, Iranian, Pakistani, Chinese and Russian fighter jets and helicopters. I am not done yet by a long shot. With only two hours a night, you can see the results on my personal YouTube. I have studied war and international relations/security studies in particular since childhood and made it a focus during undergraduate and graduate studies. Good luck, everyone. It never hurts to prepare for the worst. Best-case scenario, you spent some money and learned new skills along the way. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF0ei_jtaayvhYh8Ewegatg