Wonderfully said. I couldn't agree more.
Yesterday I was thinking about how the "leading" world countries' military expansionism policies are to a large extent influenced by lobbyists from defense industries and teams of people who push the idea that if a nation doesn't have the fastest, most lethal weapons then they are at risk from being overrun by the "other guy" while on the other side of the pond, there are other countries mimicking the same train of thought. I think that this was something i mentioned when I did my essay on the zombie in pop culture and the concept of "the other" as expounded by the philosopher Hegel and how it reflects the growth of a self-aware entity coming to terms with an existence shared with other self-aware entities.
This type of reactionary behavior, at its essence is immature, and demonstrates an entity's inability to recognize patterns of interdependence in a shared existence.
It's a little discouraging seeing world leaders operating on a level that is typical for a toddler but not what one would expect with true leadership.
It is interesting however that while we are seeing nations drumming up nationalism on all sides and fear of "the other" that we are seeing at the same time unprecedented levels of interconnection between people of the world via travel and the internet.
This might demonstrate the truly insidious rationale behind the decisions of North Korea and China to control travel and the internet, trying their best to keep their populations in fear and blindness and presumably left with no option but to support the toxic policies of their regimes.