Tainari88 wrote:
Worry
That I do, a lot.
I am an odd duck. I'm only a few classes from a degree in history. I grew up playing the old school war games. For example, one had 2 rulebooks, both over 100 pages long.
And I play a game called Go. It teaches you to see patterns and relationships. "Life is a simplified paradigm of Go" (that's from a novel, and the guy saying it is over the top. At the same time, he's not entirely wrong. Go is a demanding and punishing teacher, but teach it does..)
Anyway... the end result is I have an unusual perspective. I see this pattern as one that is likely headed to World War. It fits with the ways things have gone to hell in history.
No matter how you play it, this is a very, very, very dangerous game. And the dumbest position of all is the idea that there is some way to not play..
Edit: I want to again thank you for being here. You being female doesn't make my testosterone kick in. So I explain things, which I should always do, but generations of dealing with male idiots has worn my social skills to a frazzled nub that is more dead than alive.
Aside from that, you have an underlying understanding of things, and an ability to explain that awareness, that exceeds my ability even when I am inclined to do so. I am grateful for that, even if dullards fail to realise that that is a valuable gift.