Subj : Re: Most memorable modern
To   : Arelor
From : Boraxman
Date : Mon May 19 2025 08:24 am

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Ar>   Re: Re: Most memorable modern
Ar>   By: poindexter FORTRAN to Boraxman
Ar> on Sun May 18 2025 10:00 am

> Outside of an alien invasion, I agree that we're not going to see unity.
>

Ar> I find your optimism soooooo cute.

Ar> Historical record proof people does not unite in the face of invasions.
Ar> Heck, the Roman modus operandi was to arrive to a place, identify
Ar> disidents that opposed the regime that ruled that place, seed division,
Ar> cause conflict and then grab the scraps that remained. It is the same
Ar> with modern superpowers, really, except modern superpowers are much
Ar> worse at it.

Ar> Heck, even the idealized colonization of the Americas by Spain is total
Ar> myth. 200 Spaniards that hadn't taken a shower in ages disembarked and
Ar> convinced the natives to fight other natives - which was easy because
Ar> they already had conflicts going on - and eventually grabbed the power.

Ar> But if you want something more recent, just keep in mind that in the
Ar> Spanish civil war the Republican side could not maintain an unified
Ar> army. The members of one syndicate didn't respect the members of this
Ar> other union, it was a meshup of different uncohesive armies (many of
Ar> them didn't even deserve the classification of "army"). You would think
Ar> that with Fascist knocking on the door, people would unite and stand in
Ar> coordination, but no.

You are right, we can see this today.  Countries like China are doing this to
the West right now.  They will sow division, and make Western citizens oppose
and fight each other over matters of "Social Justice".  They do this ploy in
Australia, casting any criticism or concern about Chinese influence as "Racism"
and some "phobia" and just leaving the anti-racists here to do their work by
attacking those who attacks Chinas national interest.  Putin's done the same,
I'm sure.

Not that I believe an alien invasion is even remotely likely, but if they were
to come, they'd only need to plant some seeds of division, and watch us destroy
each other.  There are plenty of people who will point to the Aliens ideology
and use that as justification for why they should remove their ideological
opponents here on Earth.

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