As the Balance of Power in the world shifts it is surprising to find America take a back seat through its alignment with Russia, and by extension with Iran and North Korea, while China, probably the largest world economy, aligns itself with Justice and Human rights.
While no small amount of this is due to a personality clash between two presidents, one who believes he is due all kinds of homage and another who is fighting for the good of his people and integrity of his nation, international diplomacy is reduced to a kiddies playground of tit for tat with no real consideration of the issues involved. Living in a blame culture.
To always want to be a winner is a gross failing among human beings, not least when played out on a public stage. A lack of maturity is dangerous, if only for the man himself. The alienation of natural allies and the division of the world into unfamiliar blocks is second only to the climate crisis which year on year grows more intense, throwing the entire globe into a crisis unprecedented in modern times. We can only trust that it is to build a stronger global society, where concern for others’ well-being holds paramount place in the minds of humanity at large. The loss of species and cultures reduces life to a cellular, 2-dimensional, grey existence, reflecting the format of the spreadsheets which direct international finance. Yet language displays a yearning for the opposite with phrases such as ‘blue sky thinking’ and ‘thinking outside the box’. May these aspirational phrases begin to take effect to see humanity truly rise to its proper place as guardians of this world.
