In these times

 

In a hierarchial society your level of influence, you are told, is commiserate with the level you are at, that's me at Z, where A is Cristiano Ronaldo. But you try to convince yourself, supported by others, that you are at Y. And so climbing the ladder begins. ☺️
The Reality is influence does not mean what they say it means because society is based on wealth and power not influence. So instead of climbing to X you need to acquire wealth. So start a business or just make money. Now your climbing the ladder.
But does acquiring more money equal wealth?
No because wealth is measured by assets not money. So what you really need is the lions share of the assets that deliver basic life needs.
So water, food, shelter. But also energy. Oil, gas, coal - natural energy sources.
Hence Venezuelan oil is about to be stolen by an Immigrant who came by aeroplane/helicopter not boat. Who happens to be wealthy not poor. Who happens to be forthright not a bully. Who happens to have ay his disposal armed forces.
So no doubt this post will influence no one whereas even a fake post by an immigrant will convince millions of humans of his right to invade a sovereign state by any means necessary.
I have not named the immigrant because it is a recurring theme of history and the list is quite long. Some believe that makes it so and natural and you can do nothing about it.
I beg to differ. Some of the citizens in the country where the immigrant resides have revolted because they see the bully as wrong. Some of these humans have been outraged by the killing of one of their citizens, again not a new thing. The bully in the playground is the sme across the planet. In nature we refer to the bully as the predator and some if them are the top predator. A top predator can seem insurmountable. What is their downfall? Time , a young pretender, a scandal.
A predator will defend itself to the death unless it is spared by the new king/queen.
Pretenders have emerged due to their outrage about the actions of the predator. Could they coalesce and depose the predator without much bloodshed? Will they go before they die or fight to the death?
This scenario is being played out in different parts of the world. The arbiter of these interactions is run by the predator. Can the asset holders defend their assets? Are the asset holders holding the rest to ransome? The clash of Prides usually ends in losing terrority.
The fact that we allegedly have the best brains on the planet has been lost in the fight to the death. Because being a bully is basically brute force. In a safe society brute force is not deemed required. Because displays of force instill fear even when they are not directly effected and fear is a means to control.
Have no fear, think clearly and act accordingly. ☺️