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 I can't help but wonder if I could possibly lose my citizenship and passport for writing such a text; whether this may be considered the equivalent of blasphemy in a church setting, or worse, high treason and unworthy of the queen or king now or whomever slave master I apparently might belong to now days? One can only wonder just how free I am to speak under the Freedom of Speech act, if I'm not engaging in defamation, libel or conspiracy - none of which I aim to encourage. I simply care to empower everyone who is currently alive by promoting the idea that we we all need access to living, learning, growing, communicating and collaborating.
 === A NATION IS BORN! ...BUT WHAT DID IT COST US? ===
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 As a third party observer, I just finished watching the a council meeting of concerned nations alarmingly requesting a cease fire of the ongoing brutal Israeli retaliation, labeling it as an inhumane war crime, guilty of unjustifiably murdering thousands of innocent children (I write this passage now, on 11 Nov, 2023; over a month since the 7 Oct Hamas attack). I'm no theorist, but I think I'm equipped with enough neurons to recognize that Israel's ''current'' behaviour, today, right now, aligns perfectly with Khalidi's claims. No, it's not as complex as you're made to believe or think.
-== Don't Take Either of Sides A or B; CREATE YOUR OWN OPTION C, Be a REFEREE, or Turn Off That TV! ==
+=== Don't Take Either of Sides A or B; CREATE YOUR OWN OPTION C, Be a REFEREE, or Turn Off That TV! ===
 Read such historical books for yourself; use apps like [https://www.blinkist.com/ Blinkist] or whatever affordable and digestible version you can find of such content. I do not suggest theology books be considered for such research and understanding; only factually evidenced history books, and only ones that rely on primary sources to support their arguments. Make sure to include contrasting opinions to help form a balanced (and still humbly ignorant) perspective.
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 Why? The obvious answer is that it's because our human nature is innately kind! At least at the beginning of our growth. Think back to how we to tend to be considered naive or gullible when someone takes advantage of our trust. All we were doing was being naturally kind, trusting, loving. How many of us forgive such acts? How many of us are jaded by such acts? How many that take advantage fall into such a greedy cycle that they have too hard a time to escape because it's so easy to take advantage of people's kindness? It seems as it really only takes one rotten apple to ruin the whole lot, and many of the environments we have created over time, whether we like it or not, make it far too easy to teach one such apple to rot.
 === The Root of Evil is in ME, aaaand YOU! ===

Charbel: /* A NATION IS BORN! ...BUT WHAT DID IT COST US? */

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	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daron%20Acemoglu Acemoglu is another brilliant writer who co-authored Why Nations Fail (2012) and The Narrow Corridor (2019)], underpinning the frailty that is involved in spawning and maintaining a well-balanced nation (or a "Shackled Leviathan", as they called it); a nation that can truly champion freedom and justice for all its citizens.		[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daron%20Acemoglu Acemoglu is another brilliant writer who co-authored Why Nations Fail (2012) and The Narrow Corridor (2019)], underpinning the frailty that is involved in spawning and maintaining a well-balanced nation (or a "Shackled Leviathan", as they called it); a nation that can truly champion freedom and justice for all its citizens.

	One might consider, what about the authors' incentives behind authoring these books? Were they working for the Russians or the Chinese? Well, a professor of mine at Carleton University, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal%20Marlin Randal Marlin], also published ''Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion'' (2002) discussing the various manipulation techniques that have been in use for millennia. His course wasn't only eye opening; it was well needed wide-awakening slap in my face. Randal, whose classes I attended in the flesh, also happened to be part of the Clinton Administration back in the 90s; so, even if my younger friends want to label him another basket-case, Goliath himself certainly did not.		One might consider, what about the authors' incentives behind authoring these books? Were they working for the Russians or the Chinese? Well, a professor of mine at Carleton University, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal%20Marlin Randal Marlin], also published ''Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion'' (2002) discussing the various manipulation techniques that have been in use for millennia. His course wasn't only eye opening; it was well needed wide-awakening slap in my face. Randal, whose classes I attended in the flesh, also happened to be part of the Clinton Administration back in the 90s; so, even if my younger friends want to label him another basket-case, Goliath himself certainly did not. To put things into context, Marlin provides evidence showing how the Brits purposely catalyzed WW1 '''and''' WW2. Yeah. Food for thought.

	Endless other authors like ~~them~~ have written on such topics and yet their proposed perspectives and arguments remain almost entirely absent in the typical ''educated'' conversations that seem to take place, as if unbeknownst to the average citizen. Perhaps [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%20Against%20Fire Black Mirror's ''Men Against Fire''] presents the most modern and crystal clear approach to how collective illusions can be weaponized and targeted to generate individual perceptions that are completely rooted in inculcated myths, aiming only to cultivate intolerance, hate and division. I recommend everyone watch at least this episode (if not all of them) and then reflect on our comparable, inconsistent and often questionable human tendencies and behaviours. That's all, just, reflect.		Endless other authors like these have written on such topics and yet their proposed perspectives and arguments remain almost entirely absent in the typical ''educated'' conversations that seem to take place, as if unbeknownst to the average citizen. Perhaps [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%20Against%20Fire Black Mirror's ''Men Against Fire''] presents the most modern and crystal clear approach to how collective illusions can be weaponized and targeted to generate individual perceptions that are completely rooted in inculcated myths, aiming only to cultivate intolerance, hate and division. I recommend everyone watch at least this episode (if not all of them) and then reflect on our comparable, inconsistent and often questionable human tendencies and behaviours. That's all, just, reflect.

	Back to the seemingly unresolvable Pal-Israel conflict(s), I had to wonder, how are nations formed in the first place? I mean, did it look any different when settlers took over indigenous lands? Does the creation of a nation always entail devastation? It turns out that Columbia University professor and historian Rashid Khalidi had already examined century old primary sources behind this particular conflict and thought to ask these very same questions ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hundred_Years%27_War_on_Palestine see his title ''The Hundred Years' War on Palestine'', 2020]). Obviously, this author was criticized for minimizing the Palestinian aggression.		Back to the seemingly unresolvable Pal-Israel conflict(s), I had to wonder, how are nations formed in the first place? I mean, did it look any different when settlers took over indigenous lands? Does the creation of a nation always entail devastation? It turns out that Columbia University professor and historian Rashid Khalidi had already examined century old primary sources behind this particular conflict and thought to ask these very same questions ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hundred_Years%27_War_on_Palestine see his title ''The Hundred Years' War on Palestine'', 2020]). Obviously, this author was criticized for minimizing the Palestinian aggression.

Charbel at 14:00, 20 October 2025

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	'''...and then we may ask, how can ''good'' young men ''anywhere'' exercise such a devastating form of brutality against life? '''		'''...and then we may ask, how can ''good'' young men ''anywhere'' exercise such a devastating form of brutality against life? '''

	No, sorry. It's not because ''they'' are monsters, and ''we'' are good. That's just what some very influential psychopaths want you to believe. Don't just take my word for it, in 1988, Noam Chomsky (who some of my younger, self-proclaimed and well-educated Canadian friends call "a loon") co-authored [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing%20Consent Manufacturing Consent]. This book was so threatening to the establishment that it was forcefully pulled off the shelves by the umbrella media conglomerate (it owned the small publishing company at the time). Chomsky tried to hit back back with dozens of well-researched publications, including the mindboggling content in Profit Over People (1999) and Failed States (2006), just to name a select few that dared to challenge the Goliath that the U.S. of A. has proved to be.		No, sorry. It's not because ''they'' are monsters, and ''we'' are good. That's just what some very influential psychopaths want you to believe. Don't just take my word for it, in 1988, Noam Chomsky (who some of my younger, self-proclaimed and well-educated (Jewish) Canadian friends call "a loon") co-authored [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing%20Consent Manufacturing Consent]. This book was so threatening to the establishment that it was forcefully pulled off the shelves by the umbrella media conglomerate (it owned the small publishing company at the time). Chomsky tried to hit back back with dozens of well-researched publications, including the mindboggling content in Profit Over People (1999) and Failed States (2006), just to name a select few that dared to challenge the Goliath that the U.S. of A. has proved to be.

	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daron%20Acemoglu Acemoglu is another brilliant writer who co-authored Why Nations Fail (2012) and The Narrow Corridor (2019)], underpinning the frailty that is involved in spawning and maintaining a well-balanced nation (or a "Shackled Leviathan", as they called it); a nation that can truly champion freedom and justice for all its citizens.		[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daron%20Acemoglu Acemoglu is another brilliant writer who co-authored Why Nations Fail (2012) and The Narrow Corridor (2019)], underpinning the frailty that is involved in spawning and maintaining a well-balanced nation (or a "Shackled Leviathan", as they called it); a nation that can truly champion freedom and justice for all its citizens.

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Created page with "==The Purpose== === Qualifying the Social Need for Collaborating on Shared Objectives === If we consider ourselves a new organization or association that is trying to create some sort of value, we may begin by forming a high level vision of what it is we care to achieve, and then figure out an approach to achieving it. So far, so simple? In the same way, we can then begin to define more detailed objectives that indicate whether we are on a path towards our vision or not..."

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