{"id":70,"date":"2017-12-30T00:23:05","date_gmt":"2017-12-30T00:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rescuetheworld.net\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2019-04-14T23:56:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T23:56:08","slug":"politics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rescuetheworld.net\/?page_id=70","title":{"rendered":"Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#politics\">Scope of Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#war\">The Shape of War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#military-dollars\">Military Spending<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"politics\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>SCOPE of POLITICS<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Things that governments do well:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Getting elected; someone always gets elected<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Matching their philosophy to the citizen&#8217;s mood and wishes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Avoiding controversy which may get them unelected<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Things that governments do NOT do well:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Taking a leadership position with too much controversy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Doing anything that might impair the short term economy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Looking beyond the next election. Climate change is too vague (&amp; falsely far into the future) to be an election issue. It will remain so until it is catastrophic; more catastrophic than it already is.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rescuetheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/earth-burn.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Stop Electing Climate Deniers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">The US has elected a climate denier as President. He has in turn undercut fossil fuel regulations in support of short term economic growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">As the damage from hurricanes, flood, droughts, wildfires mounts into the billions of dollars, citizens should consider two things<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Extreme weather disasters are painful, both personally and financially. It harms life and the quality of life.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Unless the grass-roots movements elect leaders who will tackle climate change as a priority over short term economic growth, it is only going to get worse<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>SOCIAL MEDIA &#8230;<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\">&#8230; is another aspect of politics and influential communication today. Be aware of the variability of news sources and of skewed information. Check out the frequency of newsfeed sources from these regions:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>______<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rescuetheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/fb-loses-africa.jpg\" width=\"361\" height=\"184\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">How did all the Facebook news feeds from Africa, the Middle East and Scandinavia get completely lost? Was there too much bad news or good news for companies buying Ads?<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>.<br \/>\n<a name=\"war\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Return to the top<\/a><br \/>\n.<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>SHAPE OF WAR<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Wars, economics, forms of government, and power are all heavily inter-related. Civilizations rise and fall. Based on history and human nature, can we create a sustainable global civilization, through understanding what motivates persons in power, and people in general? With media and common interests, anything may be possible. Jump to the <a href=\"#politics\">Scope of Politics<\/a> to see how to motivate politicians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">In history, there is a strong pattern of scarcity of resources as triggers of conflict. When nations are starving, their feet take them to places with food. When people are suffering, and they have the means, there can be revolutions. (French revolution) <\/span><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Unless there is some way forward to a sustainable planet, and some reasonable access to resources for most people, more conflict can be expected. Doing nothing really is not a good option. Lack of fresh water has already contributed to civil wars and migrations, which fill our news cycle &#8211; Syria, Yemen, Somalia, NE Nigeria, Libya. But how often do we think of <a href=\"https:\/\/rescuetheworld.net\/water\/#waterconflict\">drought as one of the prime factors in conflict?<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">One cannot discount religious differences, past conflicts, and the simple desire for power and wealth, as sources of conflict. But let&#8217;s not overlook resource scarcity as another factor that drives people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rescuetheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/politics3.jpg\" width=\"396\" height=\"91\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"military-dollars\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Return to the top<\/a><br \/>\n.<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>MILITARY SPENDING as a PERCENTAGE of GDP<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Countries with high military costs as a percent of GDP are highlighted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rescuetheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Miltary-Dollars.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"464\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Source:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Trends-world-military-expenditure-2016.pdf\">Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2016 <\/a>. <span style=\"color: #003366;\">(check downloads). By: <\/span><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Stockholm International Peace Research Institute &#8211; www.sipri.org. The visual representation of the same data is shown in the next chart:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_____<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rescuetheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/SPIRI-Mil-Exp.jpg\" width=\"328\" height=\"353\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\">As refenced above, SIPRI.org data, from the &#8220;Trends&#8221; download.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#top\">Return to the top<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Sahel Countries &#8211; Climate Changes<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Trends over the past 20 years:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Improvement in political stability in Saharan region<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Overall increases in average temperature<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Decreases in rainfall in some regions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Higher temperatures and growing water shortages threaten to reverse gains in political stability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rescuetheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Sahel2.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#top\">Return to the top<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Scope of Politics The Shape of War Military Spending . . 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