Interventionism
The desire for interventionism is messed up because:
- it is ultimately one in a long line of toxic expansionist beliefs and philosophies,
- the American strain of it had its start in Manifest Destiny, which elevated the virtues and qualities of the early American people, stating that it had a destiny of virtue, a moral mission, and an ethical duty to transform the entire continent in its image, eventually annexing large parts of Mexico, waging war in Spain and in the Philippines;
- is ultimately the result of a great many atrocities and erasures, all across the world, not only limited to the west
- creates a fiction that reduces the interveners to "the civilized saviors" and the intervened to "the helpless barbarians"
The premise that everyone - no matter what - are just people is:
- ultimately true, but;
- also ultimately false, because nobody believes that,
- attempting to disregard the distinctions that we place upon ourselves engenders:
- resentment,
- hatred,
- hostility,
- bitterness,
The premise that interventionism consists of "asking nicely" is:
- disingenious, because it disregards coercion by military might and the threat of the use of nuclear weapons;
- is impossible exactly because of the above factors.
Most interventions are doomed to fail because:
- it is impossible to determine by mortal means the validity of a call for help,
- those that do have the means to call for help\, do it on behalf of a political agenda and wish to use the interventionists' power for their own ends
- the only ones capable of doing such a thing without hugely inconveniencing their economies are nations with powerful militaries;
- militaries are restrictive by nature, and so:
- that restrictiveness and stress placed on the common soldier leads to violent and cruel releases of tension,
- militaries have to be strong, or appear strong, and so it is in their best interest not to reveal these vulnerabilities,
- the threat of discovery does nothing to stop the individual from acting anyway;
- the same also goes for acts of human greed;
- militaries have a vested interest in causing pain, look no further than the "enhanced interrogation techniques" research perpetuated by the CIA
Non-military intervention is equally doomed to fail because:
- the only ones capable of large-scale intervention are those with highly-capitalistic societies, which:
- reduces people to consumers, dehumanizing them,
- destroys ways of life by being the cheaper alternative,
- any claim to altruism is either fraudulent or a self-deception by the very nature of a capitalistic society,
- even non-profit groups may attain capital by producing a good self-image to attract investors and donators and volunteers, making true altruism actually impossible,
- often take the protection of militaries, who:
- have the interest in continuing the conflict until it is inconvenient,
- are often co-opted to become military interventions for this very reason
The idea that the only choice is for the blind to lead the blind is:
- patently ridiculous;
- states that "you" as a blind man don't know anything and thus are unqualified to lead anybody;
- ignores the choice where everyone finds their own way;
- seriously have you ever seen two inexperienced blind people lead each other, it's a mess;
- at any rate it's more like everybody is lost and nobody has a map
Is it so hard to:
- stay at home and clean "your" house?
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