“Being is there, and outside of it, nothing.” We constitute the world and then we negate it. And when we negate it, we are left with nothing but an existential and phenomenological experience and imagination that everyone will criticize and no one will understand.
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Ninth Note to “Finding Jesus”
With spheres of influence, we reach the limits of foreign policy. Reaching spheres of influence in foreign policy is the equivalent of graduating from the 12th grade in high school or getting the 120 credits as an undergrad student or the 42 credits as a master’s student. It means you’re done with it. We’re done … Continue reading Ninth Note to “Finding Jesus”
Eighth Note to “Finding Jesus”
And finally, if the Democrats don’t ruin the arrangement and the divvying up based on spheres of influence in 2028, Russia perhaps will. But it is perhaps guaranteed that either the Democrats will ruin the arrangement and the divvying up based on spheres of influence in 2028 or the Russians will. Time will tell us … Continue reading Eighth Note to “Finding Jesus”
Seventh Note to “Finding Jesus”
Realpolitik and its logic and thought system is exactly what we were looking for. And in realpolitik, the goal is what? Hegemony. Control and domination. But given that global hegemony can never be achieved, we fall back or we resort to regional hegemony for our basic security and survival as a major power. Hence, the … Continue reading Seventh Note to “Finding Jesus”
Sixth Note to “Finding Jesus”
Analysis, conclusion, inference, independent variable, overriding factor, philosophy, theory, law. Call it whatever you want. We wanted to pinpoint it and identify it. And in my humble opinion and view, it comes down to either money, or the logic and thought system of realpolitik. One or the other, but not both. It can’t be both … Continue reading Sixth Note to “Finding Jesus”