Saturday, June 25, 2011
Shibboleth of success
Old saying: The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.
In the post-1989 world lots of things are getting sorted out. Arbitrary nation-states formed in 1920 are breaking up into more natural ethnic groupings. Large and destructive organizations like EU and NATO are breaking up. Secular rulers whose existence depended on playing US/USSR games are being overthrown.
Swift and strong are gaining new definitions.
Formerly: Strong meant tied closely to US or USSR. Swift meant able to manipulate US and USSR to get what you want.
Now: Strong means ethnically united. Strong means you're not self-flagellated by the Gramscian whips of Diversity and Sensitivity. Your government can operate with the consent of the people because the people have one culture, a culture that knows and enforces the difference between right and wrong.
Swift means got nuclear power and to a lesser extent got coal. Nations that rely on oil will fade, because the easy oil is gone and the remaining oil will get more expensive every year. Relying on oil means relying on speculators. Coal will be abundant for a much longer time, but it's nowhere near as efficient as nuclear fission in terms of material usage. And of course, fucking idiot Gaian countries who believe they can rely on hippie-dippie shit like windmills are already realizing it's a fraud, though Wall Street is trying to keep the crime running as long as possible.
New Superstitionist sorts out the swift from the slow, though they're predictably betting backwards.
And of course France is holding firm in both ethnic unity and nukes, and will benefit hugely from the Gaian idiocy of Germany and Britain.
In the post-1989 world lots of things are getting sorted out. Arbitrary nation-states formed in 1920 are breaking up into more natural ethnic groupings. Large and destructive organizations like EU and NATO are breaking up. Secular rulers whose existence depended on playing US/USSR games are being overthrown.
Swift and strong are gaining new definitions.
Formerly: Strong meant tied closely to US or USSR. Swift meant able to manipulate US and USSR to get what you want.
Now: Strong means ethnically united. Strong means you're not self-flagellated by the Gramscian whips of Diversity and Sensitivity. Your government can operate with the consent of the people because the people have one culture, a culture that knows and enforces the difference between right and wrong.
Swift means got nuclear power and to a lesser extent got coal. Nations that rely on oil will fade, because the easy oil is gone and the remaining oil will get more expensive every year. Relying on oil means relying on speculators. Coal will be abundant for a much longer time, but it's nowhere near as efficient as nuclear fission in terms of material usage. And of course, fucking idiot Gaian countries who believe they can rely on hippie-dippie shit like windmills are already realizing it's a fraud, though Wall Street is trying to keep the crime running as long as possible.
New Superstitionist sorts out the swift from the slow, though they're predictably betting backwards.
So does Fukushima mean a decade-long revival of interest in nuclear power is grinding to a halt?
IAEA figures suggest not. They list 65 reactors under construction, and those figures are just the tip of the iceberg because they do not include reactors that are contracted to be built, or those being planned. Neither do they acknowledge the significance of the United Arab Emirates being on course to become the first country to go nuclear since China in 1985: the UAE has signed a deal with a consortium led by the Korea Electric Power Corporation to build four reactors. Saudi Arabia is following suit, having announced earlier this month that it will build 16 reactors by 2030. Turkey plans to build two new plants.
That second group includes Egypt, which ... is the most likely to gain nuclear power of the five north African countries with stated intentions. Continuing political uncertainty in Egypt makes nuclear an unlikely option there in the near term, however.
And of course France is holding firm in both ethnic unity and nukes, and will benefit hugely from the Gaian idiocy of Germany and Britain.
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