Very much worth reading and sharing
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Thoughtful essay – thanks for sharing!
Although Null focuses on American leadership, I think the same principles apply generally, for all countries, given the global nature of politics.
Null’s thoughts on education, food, etc., especially resonated:
Meanwhile, too many schools have substituted credentialing for education. Students learn how to comply, how to perform, how to repeat approved language. Far fewer are taught how to reason independently, how to weigh evidence, how to identify propaganda, or how to question authority without fear. A population trained to memorize but not analyze is easier to govern and easier to deceive.
Then look at food. We have industrialized the most intimate human activity, nourishment, and turned it into a chemistry experiment for profit. We sell convenience as a substitute for health, stimulation as a substitute for sustenance, and branding as a substitute for truth.
The result is predictable: metabolic disease, obesity, chronic inflammation, exhausted immune systems, and children raised on synthetic flavoring instead of real nutrition. Yet the system keeps moving.
Why? Because illness is profitable. A sick society is not a failed market. It is a vertically integrated business opportunity.
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Applicable in all Western economies at this point i fear. Great article and thanks for posting
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