“War is nothing but an extention of politics, with the involvement of other means.” These are the words most often quoted by the European establishment when it comes to aggressive European politics. Also, this phrase, dropped by the famous Prussian General Karl von Clausewitz, fully reflects the mentality of all of Western society, including Europe and America.
Without going into deep analysis of the algorithmic component, from where everything started in the West, we can briefly say that Europe is always ready for war, and considers war as a natural process of resolving disputes and contradictions. With one caveat, it is Europe itself that organizes and implements this very war, that is, it exercises, as European thinkers say, that “Might is Right” in relation to the “weak”, and, respectively, the ignorant and underdeveloped. That is, in the end, the definition boils down to the fact that the strong are right by definition that they are strong, but if you are not strong, then you are a representative of a dead-end branch of the evolution of human development, and you will always be wrong.
A completely different definition of war is given in the New Philosophical Encyclopedia: “War is an organized armed struggle between states, nations, and social groups, carried out by a special social institution (the army) with the involvement of economic, political, ideological, and diplomatic means.” That is, for Russians, “war” is a systemic and multifaceted phenomenon.
(What is war? For the West, for Russia)
Different attitudes towards war come from different worldviews. For Russians, war is always a disaster, a systemic crisis, a forced measure; but in the logic of the West, it is a continuation of politics, including profitable business, and the opportunity to make money on someone else’s grief. It is here we can quote from the book by the British historian Arnold J. Toynbee Civilization on Trial, where he clearly describes the ideological conflict between Westerners and the rest of the world:
Two worlds. Two plans.
“No matter how different the peoples of the world are in skin color, language, religion and degree of civilization, everyone — Russians and Muslims, Hindus and the Chinese, the Japanese and everyone else — will answer the question of a Western researcher about their attitude to the West in the same way. The West, they will say, is the arch-aggressor of the modern era, and everyone has their own example of Western aggression. Russians, for example, will recall how their lands were occupied by Western armies in 1941,1915,1812,1709, and 1610; the peoples of Africa and Asia will recall how, since the XV century, Western missionaries, traders, and soldiers besieged their lands from the sea. Asians may also recall that during the same period, the West seized the lion’s share of free territories in the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and East Africa. The Africans — about how they were enslaved and transported across the Atlantic to be made living tools to increase the wealth of their greedy Western masters. The descendants of the indigenous population of North America will tell of how their ancestors were swept away from their lands to clear space for Western European intruders and their African slaves [1].”
Arnold J. Toynbee, English historian, philosopher, sociologist and cultural critic. “Civilization On Trial.”
After the Second World War, the situation did not change, starting in 1953, the United States continued its aggressive policy of establishing world democracy, organizing more than 80 coups in different countries. Noam Chomsky called the classic work of William Blum, Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions since World War II, “far and away the best book on this topic” [2]. This is how Blum describes the coups of Iran (1953), Guatemala (1954), Thailand (1957), Laos (1958-1960), Congo (1960), Turkey (1960, 1971, 1980), Ecuador (1961, and 1963), South Vietnam (1963), Brazil (1964), the Dominican Republic (1963), Argentina (1963), Honduras (1963, and 2009), Iraq (1963, and 2003), Bolivia (1964, 1971, and 1980), Indonesia (1965), Ghana (1966), Greece (1967), Panama (1968, and 1989), Cambodia (1970), Chile (1973) Bangladesh (1975), Pakistan (1977), Grenada (1983), Mauritania (1984), Guinea (1984), Burkina Faso (1987), Paraguay (1989), Haiti (1991, and 2004), Russia (1993), Uganda (1996) and Libya (2011) [3].
Large-scale US interference in the internal affairs of the World
American journalist and publicist Wayne Madsen continues Blum’s rhetoric and calls that the United States is responsible for organizing the following riots: the “rose revolution” in Georgia, the “orange revolution” in Ukraine, the Lebanese “cedar revolution”, the “olive revolution” in Palestine, the “tulip revolution” in Kyrgyzstan, and the coups d’etat in Yugoslavia Kuwait, Libya, Burma, Tibet, Iran, and other countries [4]. The list can be expanded to include the recent riots in Kazakhstan, and the attempted coup in Belarus [5].
It is here that it’s important to note that no matter what anyone says, the assessment of objective reality is always subjective. Due to this subjectivity, the objective world and its assessment can differ greatly. For Russians and other non-Western peoples, “war” is always a grief that leads to degradation and destruction, and a halt in the developmental process. Basically, let’s call this management model “Union”. It is based on the principles of collective management, the desire to harmonize public relations, and to reduce social tension.
This model of lifestyle is more human-oriented from the perspective of the global processes of human survival as a whole. Accordingly, the peoples living according to the principles of the Union are more focused on the development of defensive functions, and the improvement of defensive skills.
Historical examples of the liberation of Russia from foreign invaders: The expulsion of Poles from the Kremlin in 1612 > The expulsion of the French in 1812 > The expulsion of the Fascist invaders in 1945
In contrast, the Western worldview model, generically called Pax Romana and having various modifications, is focused on offensive aggressive actions, waging wars of conquest, and on the purposeful formation of social tension in society. Within the framework of this model, the ideological standard implies that there is a mandatory division of people into the elite and the so-called unprivileged class, and in the extreme case denoting slaves relative to the privileged slave owners.
At the same time, the elite, being a limited and closed group, lives at the expense of the surrounding world, separating themselves from the rest by various barriers, including cultural and territorial ones. Such a model contains many vulnerabilities due to significant deviations from the natural laws of nature, and, accordingly, it is less effective in terms of forecasting and managing long-term processes.
The Ideological attitudes of the Pax Romana model form a distorted view of reality and generate significant ignorance even within the layers of the elite, which begins to think of itself as rightful and God-chosen, in the sense of believing that it is entitled to everything. We do not think that it is bad if someone considers themselves God-chosen, in the sense that, as God’s chosen one, they sincerely contribute to the improvement of the world around them, share their knowledge about the world, and guide people towards a creative path, rejoicing when someone succeeds in this.
Otherwise, the elite, detached from reality, sets itself outside the laws of this world. Subsequently, it doesn’t matter why it classified itself into a special class, whether it’s because of blood family ties, or pseudo-religious and mystical beliefs. In any case, a standard of worldview is being formed which is the least adequate to objective reality. Then, in this case, when making managerial decisions, the ruling class ceases to rely on metrology. It plays around and begins to interpret facts in favor of their ideas, fears, or their desires, saying something like “that’s the way I see it.” Failure to recognize the fact that the introduction of consistent metrological criteria is also necessary for the humanities leads to the formation of an illusion of management, which then leads to the formation of enormous social tension, and the accumulation very serious mistakes in public relations.
Joseph Noel Sylvester The Sack of Rome by the Visigoths, 1890
Such cognitive distortions in the heads of the privileged class block the opportunity to work on preventing problems. The word “crisis” in the representation of the ruling echelon is not perceived as trouble or grief, since it means another redistribution of resources in favor of one or another privileged group. The elite can only adjust and change their behavioral patterns when their personal lives are at risk, which has mainly historically been shown to occur during periods of major wars. In principle, management in society can be carried out within the framework of different models. In the past, due to the slow speed of the development of technology, the Western model was widely used, modified, and did not carry global threats. However, in out modern conditions, due to vigorous technological progress, such a method of management becomes perilous for all of mankind.
A SHOT OF THE FEATURE FILM “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (film, 1964)” Directed by Stanley Kubrick
It should also be taken into account that when we talk about the Western model (Pax Romana and its modifications), this does not mean that everyone in Europe and the United States supports it. In different countries, there is a division between those who want to consolidate a particular form of slavery in society, and those who advocate harmonious social development and are looking for opportunities to build more effective social models. A simple example that clearly demonstrates the ideological contradiction is that in the Union model builders are praised, not winners, and social categories such as the hero of labor appear, not just the heroes of combat operations.
Of course, in the context of the war of worldviews, which is waged with different tools, there is a danger of labeling and demonizing entire peoples. It is important to always critically assess the information agenda, and remember that the invisible war for people’s minds is constantly going on regardless of nationality and territory. The trouble with the West is that the ineffective Pax Romana model has been actively planted in Europe since the time of the Roman Empire, and attempts to build a different model of life have been suppressed in every possible way. Therefore, it is impossible to blame some, and to claim others to be as pure as the driven snow.
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[1] Arnold J. Toynbee. Civilization on Trial. М.: АСТ, 2011. 318 с.
[2] Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II.
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