The never-ending cycle

The national security of a hegemonic power inevitably leads to the creation of a deadly cycle that will repeatedly result in much bloodshed. The more secure a nation, the more insecure its rivals. Rival states, in the legitimate pursuit of their own national security interests, will time and again move towards developing a foreign policy that seeks to reshape the global order into one that is more conducive to their own national interests. Before long, the rival power will either attempt to topple the hegemonic power or the hegemonic power will attempt to crush the rival. If the rival is successful in its attempt, it will become the de facto hegemon and will be forced to deal with its own rivals who, like itself before it became hegemonic, seek to reshape the global order and the cycle will repeat. If the hegemon is successful in its attempt to crush the rival, it will simply result in the expansion of its own power and responsibility and will be forced to deal with rivals again and again until it either collapses from overstretch or defeat, or conquers the world, thus successfully eliminating every rival and asserting complete and total control over the socioeconomic structure of the earth. This cycle cannot be stopped either through balances of power or international agreements, for neither can guarantee the security of the hegemon or its rivals. The cycle will always result in either constantly changing global order or the conquest of the earth. Even then, it is questionable whether the cycle will cease.

Why don't public schools teach this?

"But it typically is personal failure and social dysfunction that create poverty. To stay out of poverty in America, it's necessary to do three simple things, social scientists have found: finish high school, don't have kids until you marry, and wait until you are at least 20 to marry. Do those three things, and the odds against your becoming impoverished are less than one in ten. Nearly 80 percent of everyone who fails to do those three things winds up poor." - Steven Malanga