Future thrills

There has always been acts of violence in the world, small scale, isolated incidents aimed at certain problems and disagreements. Now we have world terrorism, organized on a large scale, aimed at the West – this is how it is presented.

The real content of terrorism against western countries – the West – is hard to see. We hear a lot and see preciously little – so far. The rest of the world – the major part – is watching.

The cold war has been replaced by the the war on terrorism. The reasons given for terrorism are sometimes religious, or global, national or local, or based on broad security issues. It is instigated by the US. Everything is collected under the terrorism umbrella – wars in Irak, Afghanistan, 9-11, London bombing etc. There are groups of people keeping this activity going – no states. Somebody is financing the activity, but information is scant. It is not precise at all – it is a chimera – and we hear a lot about it.

If the claims of terrorism are true we should be eager to find the causes, and if possible remedies. We need a solution – we must try to end it. This can be done through dialogue, talks, contact. Nations must be involved, no country protects terrorists. But this is obviously naive.

We are now wasting life, resources and time on futile activity – a huge question is arising: what is going on?

Terrorism is also a construction – it is not to be solved – it is wanted by the instigators – it gives focus – it keeps attention away from other matters – it is good for other things too – it can be kept up forever.

So what is the solution to the terrorist problem? Let the big nations of the Earth join the game properly, infuse security policy with some new ideas – let China, India, Brazil et al. balance the game – the results will be remarkable. We need the new era to start now.

It is sad that lives are lost for obscure reasons.

People are local, what they do is local, the consequences of the action is mostly local. People mostly like to decide for themselves.

Now global thinking is becoming pervasive in the wrong way: Locals are being told what to do by outsiders – they tell you because they know, they say. The outsiders come from many places, but they are not in your place or representing you. They seldom tell you about the rightness of what they say, often the truth is hidden or in doubt. Politicians are also becoming global, finding global rightness that does not fit with the locals. There is risk of a divide.

This will not work. The only way to achieve a common global solution is to make people understand, see what is right and do what is acceptable also locally. Maybe the global solution is impossible to enforce in some localities?

What makes it troublesome is that what is right is no longer agreed upon. There is a obvious forcing of the truth that creates negative reactions and uncertainty. We find people that without debate know what others must do. They will not engage in dialogue about the content and empiricality of what they say.

Climate action, sustainability, war on terrorism, finance are examples – they all must clear the hurdle of local acceptance before global solutions can be pondered.

So why push so hard – it is better to find what is right, enlighten people, keep it transparent, communicate, build acceptance – then maybe some global action is possible.

Have there ever been any global solutions? Will there ever be? Is it really desirable to have global solutions? Or is it just a smokescreen set up to avoid doing anything locally?