Respect. Learning how to respect begins with learning how to listen. To those who have followed the argument about the conservative nature of the Russian system and about the threat to Russia as well as to the United States of America by the Asian, African, and Latin American revolutions under the leadership of China, it will not sound too unreasonable to propose another way to peace that may enjoy increasing the favour in the near future. Why should not Russia and the United States of America be able to form a close military and political alliance, force the Chinese government (by the threat of nuclear attack) to accept disarmament, prevent the smaller states (also if necessary by force) from acquiring thermonuclear weapons, and organize the Word under American-Russian domination? (It would not matter whether this American-Russian domination of the World were called World Government, United Nations, or whatever.) This idea may be tempting to some military and political leaders both in Russian and in the United States of America, because it is an essentially conservative idea, it leaves the power in the hands of the military groups, and it does not require any basic change in the American or the Russian systems. Yet, I believe this solution is most undesirable and, what is more important, practically impossible. It is undesirable because it would mean the establishment of a most reactionary World dictatorship exercised by the two greatest powers. #RandolphHarris 1 of 17

Such a dictatorship would have to curb all revolutionary movements among the Asian, African, and Latin American peoples, and hence it would have to build a dictatorial police system in order to stop a historical process, which in the long run can not be stopped by force. Such a system might save the World from immediate nuclear war, but since by its very nature it would require a fully armed United States of America and Russia, it could hardly prevent the outbreak of war eventually, when Russian-American confidence will have worn thin. There is, however, hardly any need to consider the advantages and disadvantages of such a new “holy alliance,” because it is clearly unacceptable to Russia. Not primarily because it would be too difficult for Russia to change its ideological position so drastically that there would be no visible break. This could be done by accusing China of having betrayed communism, et cetera, and “proving” why the “peace-loving” circles in the United States of America are to be preferred to the “adventurist” elements in China who want to start a World war with the aim of World domination by China; to take this line would be difficult, but not impossible. However, the reason why a United States of America-Russian Union “holy-alliance” seems impossible lies not in the field of ideas, but in that of political facts. While Russia today feels menaced by an ever-growing China, her position vis-à-vis the West is nevertheless greatly strengthened by the existence of China and by the strength of the colonial peoples. #RandolphHarris 2 of 17

If Russia were to give up her role as an ally of China and as the spokesman for the aspirations of colonial peoples, she would face the combined American-Western European alliance alone and without support, and would have to fear that her “allies” would attack Russia after China and the colonial peoples had been disarmed. For these reasons it seems quite clear that such an alliance is unacceptable to the Russians, and hence is not a feasible possibility for peace. The ending of the cold war can bring about a greater independence of Russia from her Chinese ally, but all attempts to split the two powers and to break the alliance will be repelled by the Russians for reasons of sheer survival. Many people dismiss Africa as an economic superpower. However, there are ongoing efforts toward regional integration of the whole of African uniting. The African Union (AU), through its eight Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and its Agenda 2063, offers blueprints for these possibilities. The African continent is not monolithic; its 54 countries are characterized by diverse cultures, languages, landscapes, and colonial pasts. African has an abundance of valuable natural resources, (exempli gratia, oil, uranium, copper, gold, cobalt, and cast uninhabited land) and a large entrepreneurial, tech-savvy youth base. Huge disparities in wealth and income also characterize the continent. #RandolphHarris 3 of 17

Furthermore, Africa has great potential and could become the next economic frontier. It is home to some of the World’s current fastest-growing economies; its population is also expected to grow by 184 percent and increase to 2.1 billion by 2050. Africa has immense resources, key sea connections, and potential for economic expansion. The diversity of the continent, both in terms of its people and its wealth, has attracted the World’s superpowers. Africa still need financial resources, armed force, and more international clout to become a superpower. However, Africa is gaining momentum. Africa will be home to 42 percent of the World’s youth in 2030 (the continent will benefit from the demographic dividend caused by the additional population growth rate). Moreover, by 2050, 25 percent of the World’s population will come from Africa. It is somewhat astonishing that the birthrate is 1.24 in Italy, a highly developed European nation, but 5.31 in Nigeria, a West African nation. The war to rule Africa pits the present superpowers against one another.  Africa can also be carried long by the tide of economic progress, similar to how China has done over the past 40 years; thanks to its abundant human resources. The path to an export-oriented economy opens for a nation when its enormous labour force can be transformed into competent human resources while also being made available at competitive wages. This is precisely what occurred in 1978 in China. Large businesses throughout the World are now looking for new locations where they can operate inexpensively, even though the wages of workers in China have climbed several times in the past several years. #RandolphHarris 4 of 17

Mexico thus became a significant marker for America. The factories of large American companies are being relocated from China to Mexico. In addition to competitive labour, security, and integrity are also important. It is crucial to remember that, except for South Africa, no other African nations have experienced industrialization. Over 60 percent of people in Africa still solely rely on agriculture. Because people are accessible there at reasonable wages, the largest businesses in the World can establish a presence there. The superpowers are investing billions of dollars in Africa because it still lacks the solid institutional framework and robust economy that were anticipated. About $300 billion has been invested in Africa, primarily by China. For the sake of defending its interest Beijing has never questioned the legitimacy of democracy or the state of human rights in African nations. In that area, China has constructed 100,000 km of roadways, 13,000 km of railways, 1,000 bridges, and 100 ports. About 10,000 Chinese businesses are operating in Africa. As a result, China’s commercial activity with Africa surged from 2021 to 2022 by 11 percent, reaching about $282 billion. This continent has been transformed into a market for Chinese goods. India is also attempting to develop investments there as a challenger to China. #RandolphHarris 5 of 17

Additionally, Turkey collaborates with Muslim nations in Africa. Russia’s influence over the continent is growing along with everything else. The involvement of African nations in the ongoing crisis in Ukraine is a clear indicator of Russian influence in Africa. Russia’s resurgence as a dominant player in Africa has raised significant concerns about the nature of its involvement and the motivations driving its activities on the continent. Amid the evolving landscape of global influence, Russia’s presence in Africa is becoming increasingly pronounced, yet its intentions appear to echo a pattern of resources exploitation rather than a genuine commitment to sustainable development or partnership. One striking example of Russia’s expanding influence in Africa is the intricate web of connections it has established with various governments and non-state actors. The insidious connection between Russia and coup leaders, as seen in Niger, illustrate a concern willingness to support undemocratic regimes that serve Moscow’s interest. In Niger’s case, the overthrow of a democratically elected president in favour of leader sympathetic to Russia’s resources demands presents a disheartening reality: the erosion of democratic norms in favour of opportunistic resource extraction. The exploitation of mineral resources is a cornerstone of Russia’s approach to Africa. The Wagner Group, a shadowy private military organization with alleged links to the Russian government, has been at the forefront of securing mining rights in Sudan and other countries. #RandolphHarris 6 of 17

To manage its operations in the African nation, the private military group established Meroe Gold, a Prigozhin-controlled business that was subsequently sanction by the USA. It soon started looking into Sudan’s gold resources. As a result, Wagner started to establish ties with General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, and his paramilitary RSF. Locals in Al-Ibadyia said that RSF members protected Russian businessmen looking to purchase gold from miners. Additionally, it is reported that a number of RSF paramilitaries who collaborate closely with Russian security officers thought to be from the Wagner Group guarded the Russian-owed gold processing facility. This raises concerns about the transparency and ethics surrounding these resource deals. The Wagner Group’s involvement highlights a broader strategy that revolves around leveraging political instability to secure lucrative contracts, often to the detriment of local populations and sustainable development. While President Vladimir Putin has masterfully portrayed Russia as Africa’s new partner, the reality remains clouded by opportunism. Mr. Putin’s public diplomacy campaigns and high-profile engagements mask the underlying motives of Russian interests. This rebranding effort serves as a smokescreen for the pursuit of strategic resources and geopolitical influence, harkening back to the era of colonial powers that sought to exploit Africa for their own gains. The African Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone (ANWFZ) Treaty of Pelindaba established the African continent as a Nuclear-Weapons-Free-Zone. Thus South African ended its nuclear weapons programme in 1989. #RandolphHarris 7 of 17

By 2050, the top ten economies will be China, India, USA, Indonesia, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Japan, Germany, and UK. In fact, by 2050, the global market is projected to double its current size, even as UN forecasts the World’s population will only grow by a modest 26 percent. This growth will bring with it plenty of changes. Though it can be challenging to predict exactly how the future will unfold, most economist agree on one thing: today’s developing markets will be tomorrow’s economic superpowers. With a clear path in technology development, Mexico aspires to become a technological superpower Worldwide. Technology occupies an essential place to enhance the economy and development opportunities in Mexico. The capacity and talent of Mexican programmers generated innovation and gave rise to a new economy, largely driven by the employment relationships started with technologies in the United States of America. The Mexican programming community has become one of the most sought after by USA companies for technology-related positions. In Mexico there is a lot of talent and a desire to progress. The programmers are of a high standard, trained and competent, making the best candidates to be part of any technology development team. This new reality shows us an evolution, and a significant and promising paradigm shift, regarding professional relations between Mexico and the United States of America. #RandolphHarris 8 of 17

Now American companies see the country as a source of resources, as a vital ally for their activities and economic development, and, above all, as a region of programmer talent for technology startups. By 2050, Mexico is poised to become the World’s seventh-largest economy, jumping in the rankings. A focus on manufacturing and exports have driven much of its growth in recent years, though current economic conditions have hampered potential gains. Healthcare and transportation are notably more affordable in Mexico than they are in the United States of America, Canada, and Mexico. As with many developing economies, infrastructure and road conditions can be challenging, but the government just unveiled a $44 billion infrastructure investment to be spent over the next for years. There are currently 130 million citizens in Mexico. Mexico is one of the few countries possessing the technical capability to manufacture nuclear weapons. However, it has renounced them and has pledged to only use its nuclear technology for peaceful purposes following the Treaty of Tlatelolco in 1967. In 2002, India’s government launched a ubiquitous international tourism campaign known as “Incredible India.” Not just enthusiasts within the country, but a chorus of global analysts, have declared India as the next great economic power. By 2050, India’s purchasing power will be 30 percent larger than that of the United States of America. By 2030, India’s working-age population is expected to be 1.04 billion with a dependency ratio to be the lowest in its history at 31.2 percent, contributing just under a quarter of the incremental global workforce. The working-age population bulge is expected to last till 2055. #RandolphHarris 9 of 17

India’s financial markets are in a better state than ever before. With the China opportunities cooling, investors need alternative, and India comes closet. The MSCI India Index is up 12 percent this year, compared to 2 percent for the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Bank balance sheets are stronger and credit markets are functioning well. It is telling that many Indian banks are valued higher than U.S.A. peers. HDFC Bank—which merged with its parent, mortgage lender HDFC—has a market capitalization of $171 billion, making it the 4^th largest financial company in the World. Even before the merger, the 29-year-old upstart was more valuable than the 154-year-old Goldman Sachs. The change can be seen even in the traditionally underfinanced informal sector, comprising over 86 percent of India’s workforce. Avendus, a leading Indian investment bank, calculate that Indian small-and-medium-enterprise sector’s total demand of debt is $1.5 trillion. Of this, $725 billion is unaddressable because of lack o collateral, and formal credit is only available to the tune of $289 billion. This is motivating lenders to deepen their offerings. New-to-credit customers are at 34 percent up from 9 percent of customers for small business lenders in 2017. Loans by small business lenders have jumped 43 percent annually in the past two years. #RandolphHarris 10 of 17

A critical barrier that sticks in the mind of anyone who has visited India is its lagging infrastructure. Historically, investing in handouts may have been more politically expedient, but the current administration’s popularity gives it greater leeway to invest in infrastructure. Capita expenditure as a percentage of total government expenditure has increased from 11 percent in 2010 to a projected 22 percent this year. Infrastructure expenditure this year will see a 33 percent hike to $122 billion. The outcomes have been striking. India has been adding 10,000 km of highway annually. Since 2014, the number of Indian airports has doubled and an upgraded train system will have new high efficiency “freight corridors” connecting the economic center of India. In addition, one of the most distinctive changes has been in the digital infrastructure. With 881.25 million Internet subscribers, India has the second-highest Internet-enabled population in the World behind China’s 1.05 billion. Riding on this access, there is a digital public infrastructure—a model being studied by other countries—that combines a population-scale unique identity system, a payment interface that makes digital payments seamless, and a data management system, whereby citizens can access essential documents online, such as tax documents, vaccination certificates, et cetera. All of this helps make public services and credit more easily accessible to a wider swath of the population. India has a goal of producing 20 million iPhones a year, 50,000 new jobs will be created by one such project alone. #RandolphHarris 11 of 17

In addition, when it comes to military-grade technology used for space launches, there is greater confidence in India as a host than China and there is already a thriving ecosystem in place. India has hosted 111 international space launches since 2020, and successfully landed a rover on the moon in late August. India possesses approximately 164 nuclear weapon, which it can launch from missiles and, mostly aircraft. It may also be able to launch them from submarines. India conducted a total of three nuclear tests in 1974 and 1998. In 2022, India spent an estimated $2.7 billion to build and maintain its nuclear forces. Now, the opposite of the necrophilous orientation is the biophilous; its essence is love of life in contrast to love of death. Like necrophilia, biophilia is not constituted by a single trait, but represents a total orientation, an entire way of being. It is manifested in a person’s bodily processes, in one’s emotions, in one’s thoughts, in one’s gestures; the biophililous orientation expresses itself in the whole being. The most elementary form of this orientation is expressed in the tendency of all living organisms to live. In contrast to Dr. Freud’s assumption concerning the “death instinct,” I agree with the assumption made by many biologists and philosophers that it is an inherent quality of all living substance to live, to preserve its existence; as Mr. Spinoza expressed it: “Everything insofar as it is itself, endeavours to persist in its own being.” He called this endeavor the very essence of the thing in questions. #RandolphHarris 12 of 17

We observe this tendency to live in all living substances around us; in the grass that breaks through the stones to get light and to live; in the animal that will fight to the last in order to escape death; in humans who will do almost anything to preserve their lives. The tendency to preserve life and to fight against death is the most elementary form of the biophilous orientation, and is common to all living substances. Inasmuch as a tendency to preserve life and to fight death, it represents only one aspect of the drive toward life. The other aspect is a more positive one: living substance has the tendency to integrate and to unite; it tends to fuse with different and opposite entities, and to grow in a structural way. Unification and integrated growth are characteristic of all life processes, not only as far as cells are concerned, but also with regard to feeling and thinking. The most elementary expression of this tendency is the fusion between cells and organisms, from non-sexual cell fusion to sexual union among animals and humans. In the latter sexual union is based on the attraction between male and the female poles. The male-female polarity constitutes the core of that need for fusion on which the life of the human species depends. It seems that for this very reason nature has provided man with the most intense pleasure in the fusion of the two poles. Biologically, the result of this fusion is normally the creation of a new being. The cycle of life is the of union, birth and growth—jut as the cycle of death is that of cessation of growth, disintegration, decay. #RandolphHarris 13 of 17

However, even the sexual instinct, while biologically serving life, is not necessarily one which psychologically expressed biophilia. It seems that there is hardly any intense emotion which cannot be attracted to and blended with the sexual instinct. Vanity, the desire for wealth, for adventure, and even the attraction to death can, as it were, commission the sexual instinct into their service. Why this should be so is a matter for speculation. One is tempted to think that it is the cunning of nature to make the sexual instinct so pliable that it will be mobilized by any kind of intense desire, even by those which are in contradiction to life. However, whatever the reason, the fact of the blending between sexual desire and destructiveness can hardly be doubted. (Dr. Freud pointed to this mixture, especially in his discussion of the blending of the death instinct with the life instinct, as occurring in sadism and masochism.) Sadism, masochism, necrophagia, and coprophagia, and coprophagia are perversions, not because they deviate from the customary standards of sexual behaviour, but precisely because they signify the one fundamental perversion: the blending between life and death. The full unfolding of biophilia is to be found in the productive orientation. The person who fully loves life is attracted by the process of life and growth in all spheres. One prefers to construct rather than to retain. One is capable of wondering, and one prefers to see something new to the security of finding confirmation of the old. One loves adventure of living more than one does certainty. #RandolphHarris 14 of 17

One’s approach to life is functional rather than only the parts, structures rather than summations. One wants to mold and to influence by love, reason, by one’s example; not by force, by cutting things apart, by the bureaucratic manner of administering people as if they were things. One enjoys life and all its manifestations rather than mere excitement. An ascetic life is a self-contradiction: a ressentiment rules here without equal that of an insatiable instinct and will to power, wanting to be master not of something in life but of life itself, of its deepest, strongest, most primal conditions; here, an attempt is made to use force to stop up the wellspring of force; here, physiological thriving itself I viewed with envy and derision, especially its expression, beauty, joy; while pleasure is sensed and sought in deformity, atrophy, pain, accident, the ugly, the self-inflicted wound, self-denial, self-flagellation, self-sacrifice. This is all paradoxical in the highest degree: here, we stand before a discord that wants to bediscordant, that enjoys itself in this suffering and becomes ever more self-confident and triumphant to the extent that its own presupposition, its own physiological capacity for life, diminished. Triumph in the final agony itself: the ascetic ideal has hitherto fought under this superlative banner; in this riddle of seduction, in this image of delight and torment it recognizes its brightest light, its salvation, its final victor. Crux, nux, lux—it in, these three are one. #RandolphHarris 15 of 17

The ultimate negative is a liar; “He was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speakteth a lie, he speaketh of his own; for he is a liar, and the father thereof” reports John 8.44. This does not mean that the enemy never tells the truth, but his truth has the objective of getting the believer involved in psychopathology; exempli gratia, when the spirit of divination spoke the truth that Paul and Silas were the servants of God, it was to suggest the lie that Paul and Silas derived their power from the same source as the girl under the evil spirit’s power. The ultimate negative and his wicked spirits will speak, or use, ninety-nine parts of truth to float one lie, but Paul was not deceived by the witness of a soothsaying prophetess acknowledging their divine authority. He discerned the wicked spirit and its purpose, exposed it, and cast it out. Even so must the believer be able to triumph over Satan as a liar, and be able to recognize his lies, and those of lying spirits, in whatever form they are presented to one. This one does by knowing the truth, and using the weapon of truth. The manifestation of the Spiritual Presence in the individual human spirit and the Spiritual Community—the revelation of the Spirit does not take place in a timeless vacuum; it has a history. In fact, it is history; it is Heilsgeschichte, the history of salvation. The history of salvation means a sequence of events in which saving power breaks into historical processes, prepared for by these processes so that it can be received, changing them to enable the saving power to be effective in history. #RandolphHarris 16 of 17

This appearance of the Kingdom of God within history is not like a fixed monument, but a process that partakes of the dynamism of the irreversible current of history. The question of the rhythm of this process and the direction of its flow cannot be answered in general terms. One must build an answer upon a concrete revelatory experience, and the central Christian assertion that Jesus of Nazaeth is the Christ, the final manifestation of the New Being in history. Nations that defy Thy law of justice and of love, that stir up hate against the weak, estranging man from man, that crush the stranger in their midst and shed his blood for gain, and follow their unrighteous ways that lead to strife and war, such nations still to evil are enslaved, but God, through us, shalt bring to judgment all their wicked ways. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Man shall do no evil and work no destruction, for the Earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Those whom Thou, O Lord, didst free from exile’s endless night, who breathe again the pure, sweet air of freedom and of hope, they build once more on America’s hills, there, where their fathers dwelt A homeland for a scattered folk made homeless by the foe. As we recall our nation’s birth that made all America free, may we, O Lord, help them fulfill our people’s destiny. Out of America shall go forth the Law, and the word of God from the United States of America. This Christmas, please keep the Sacramento Fire Department in your hearts, for they are not receiving all of their resources; any donation is welcomes and will be greatly apricated. #RandolphHarris 17 of 17

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