We Are All in the Gutter, But Some of Us Are Looking at the Stars

War. War never changes.

The Romans waged war to gather slaves and wealth.  Spain built an empire from its lust for gold and territory.  Hitler shaped a battered Germany into an economic superpower by attacking his neighbors for resources.  Since the dawn of humankind, when our ancestors first discovered the killing power of rock and bone, blood has been spilled in the name of everything:  from God, to justice, to simple, psychotic rage.

The details are trivial and pointless, the reasons, as always, purely human ones.  War. War never changes.

If there must be war – and believe me when I say there must – let us not look for war within our state but instead look to the enemy who will soon be at our very doorstep and threatening everyone within.  Build farm accounts. Take lessons from skirmishes within our state and either grow in power or shield appropriately. Small battles for resources between us mean little as the future approaches.

I am not trying to tell anyone how to structure their time, nor tell anyone how they should have fun in this game – I believe too strongly in freedom of choice for that.  I merely wish all to look at the bigger picture and the weeks ahead. We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.