Embracing the New World Order

Many people in the USA are in denial about the new world order that is emerging with the war in Ukraine.  Are Americans hostile towards or fearful of a multi-polar world?  They shouldn't be.

 America has been hollowed out during the post World War II era.  We should see a multi-polar world as an opportunity to liberate ourselves from war-worship, and thus throw our energies into better things.

Look at all the projects that are waiting for us:

1. Rebuilding an industrial base.

2. Affordable health care and education.

3. A first-world infrastructure of transportation and energy.

4. Strong families.

5. A sense of national unity, rather than "Balkanization" along lines of gender or race.

6. An uplifting philosophy not based on superstitions, be they ancient or modern.

7. The best composers of music, breakthroughs in science, and innovations in the business world. (I am not referring to financial engineering games.)

8. An enjoyable way or style of living. 

9. Non-corrupt government.

10. An economic system more loyal to the average person than to Silicon Valley billionaires or Wall Street banks.

We could be proud of success in any of these fundamental challenges.  But it doesn't seem like we are trying very hard.  Americans are so habituated to worshiping their military and global empire, despite their military being the most bloated and unsuccessful military establishment in history.  Why not be proud of something else?!

Americans cling to their myths about the 'Good War.'  They are always looking for one more country to destroy in the name of 'making the world safe for democracy.'  But instead of moving boldly forward to tackle the challenges on the list above, we hide behind the comforting walls of myth.