Politics, more practically, less philosophically, oratorically and rhetorically

"Si vis pacem para bellum" ("If you want peace, prepare war") Vegetius (seeing history, this seems to be a characteristic of human beings in general, like it or not) A more pacifist but not entirely so, version of Vegetius' words might read:  "If you want peace, prepare defense". Far be it from me to criticize profound pacifists (a famous example of such a person is former Pink Floyd musician Roger Waters); on the contrary, I admire them, but my version is realistic in spirit: while it would be ideal to live in a world where we are all brothers, living in harmony and peace with one another, I cannot ignore the fact that human nature is well different . Therefore, I hope that the defense I am referring to would  never be utilized in practice. As someone familiar with the military world, I would like to share another 'updated' version of the aforementioned quote: "If you want peace, prepare deterrence"; its translation into Latin would...

Last updated Jun 9, 2026 Here  is the original, from which this is updated. Table of Contents Hide “Freedom must not be inherited, it must be built, every day, by those who refuse to be ruled by the shadows of history” Introduction This article has turned out to be rather lengthy because, although I tried to be as concise as possible, the challenge involved analyzing the elites that a large part of  ordinary citizens deem to be "familiar" or "taken from granted", yet which in reality conceals the legacy of dark periods in history that have survived to the present day. To this end, I had to gradually incorporate information that would help piece together certain historical, political, and news events of interest into a chrono-logical narrative, with t...