Peace through Strength is insane.

Yet it remains the predominant belief for the majority of powerful nations that remain in competition for power. In violation of human laws and even "the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God", (the Golden Rule & the best definition of the Rule of Law- that requires three elements: democracy, justice, and the protection of inalienable rights.)  "When will They ever learn?" (a peace song in 60s)  They didn't. And we haven't either.

 “We live in a world in which you can talk all you want about international niceties and everything else, but we live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world that have existed since the beginning of time.” — Stephen Miller to Jake Tapper on CNN, Jan. 5, 2026.

“He who would live must fight. He who does not wish to fight in this world, where permanent struggle is the law of life, has not the right to exist. Such a saying may sound hard; but, after all, that’s how it is.” — Adolf Hitler in Mein Kampf

“The Fascist State expresses the will to exercise power and to command. Here the Roman tradition is embodied in a conception of strength. Imperial power, as understood by the Fascist doctrine, is not only territorial, or military, or commercial; it is also spiritual and ethical... Fascism sees in the imperialistic spirit — i.e., in the tendency of nations to expand — a manifestation of their vitality.” — Benito Mussolini in The Doctrine of Fascism

Not a single journalist or podcaster that I've heard from makes the self-evident Truth that Peace is in the eye of the beholder. Their mind actually.  Putin's mind is different that Zelensky. And between a police officer and a protestor.  

Any serious martial artist will tell you (as Darwin did) that real strength is through genetic diversity and adapting to change.  The word for failing this is extinction. 

This is self-evident Truth tested over millions of years.  And why White Supremists or any other religious or 'race' extremist should get a freaking clue and shed their concept for their own survival in the real world.  

Being united (hint, hint to the 3 progressive movements: Peace, Environment, and economic/social Justice, and the thousands of organizations within each) as a MoM (a movement of movements that Naomi Klein called for in 2014 at the global Climate March event from NYC) we could achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The only plan globally approved for a comprehensive and holistic effort to address the root causes of most of the disruptive forces that are now ignoring every nation's borders. 

We have just over 6 months to get our minds and actions united or the divisions now will only get worse for people and nature's systems all life depends on.