The Futility of Ledgers
...in a World Ruled by the Red Queen
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Survival Drives Precede Morality
Before ethics, before language, came the biological imperative: secure resources, eliminate threats, reproduce advantage. Nation-states are merely scaled-up organisms in geopolitical ecosystems.
Their actions—war, colonization, exploitation—are not deviations from morality; they are expressions of evolutionary logic, optimized over millennia for group survival.
Ledgers Don’t Deter Power—they Serve It
The concept of justice often conceals power politics. Calling out sins selectively is just another form of warfare by other means.
Everyone Is Dirty, So Moral High Ground Is Illusory
No civilization rises clean. Genocide, displacement, and deception are universal tactics in the birth of states.
To point fingers is to ignore the systemic nature of the game: "might makes right" is not a flaw—it’s the rulebook.
Cataloguing Guilt Doesn’t Change Behavior
Nations do not change course because of shame; they change be…