From the recording Monaco Classified 3
Protectionism v. Imperialism—By John Royce Holtz, J.D.
Imperialism is basically an ostensibly more benign synonym for conquering, although it is just as awful. In World War II, that f*cking piece of sh*t Hitler unsuccessfully tried to conquer much of the free world, murdering six million Jewish people, including a dozen of my aunts and uncles, as his warped plan for ethnic cleansing. The surviving Jews had little safe place to go so the United Nations voted to send them back to Israel, their ancient ancestral homeland from 3000 years ago, before the ancient Greeks, that is mentioned well over 600 times in the Old Testament alone.
Please check out John Royce Holtz’s nearly, upcoming single, Monaco Classified, for what folks would “almost… imperialistically” conquer (utilizing terror and thirst for dominion), “…For you!” (Some hypothetical, special soulmate, perhaps?) Nonetheless, “almost” implicates not quite! (Thus, the crooner and perhaps the listener uphold iotas of dignity and ethics.)
Monaco also happens to be an exclusive tax shelter for some of the world’s wealthiest folks, not unlike Switzerland (and Delaware is for corporations). The eclectic group of folks I am residing with during Summer Camp might not be immune from consulting the aforementioned “classified” locales…
The song title, Monaco Classified sounds like something out of a James Bond movie…Dark bass tones extolling raw power-grabbing juxtapose with the second half, ethereal synth and Electronica guitar combo—that basks in either the musing (or actualization) of the hypothetical, dazzling glitz of sheer opulence, like in The Great Gatsby novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald…
Protectionism, on the other hand, is safeguarding a country must do so that it quite frankly, is not imperialized by encroaching, squatting countries who thirst for dominion over others and will otherwise murder for it—if they are allowed to seize the nefarious “opportunity.”
Powerful countries like the democratic United States that purportedly seek to repair the world in a reasonable fashion must exercise protectionist principles to protect our pecuniary interests, perpetuate our existence and spread our powerful tentacles around the world to procure global security. There is a strong argument that a majoratively free democracy with an egalitarian global perspective has the right to know what other schemes sovereign nations are brewing for national and international security purposes. That is why the NSA is such a stalwart, revered and secretive organization, both domestically and abroad.
Once a “democratic” country is no longer transparent and leaders are Great Prevaricators, the nation is hardly worth its salt. The citizens become too uninformed to know what the f* is going on, let alone what exactly our foreign policy really is. The constituents become duped. We cannot, in this case, make a President accountable before it is perhaps too late. Domestically, our civil rights of freedom of speech and freedom of religion are in danger of becoming precluded, like the dark ages of many a totalitarian regime.
In particular, this is true when many women leaders are derogatively called out because a chauvinist deems them weaker than him—a Falstaffian thirst for dominion. This reminds me of the lyrics of one of Sting’s best songs: “I lost my belief in the politicians; They all seem like game show hosts to me!—All about them; not for the best interests of the former, greatest country on the planet, nor for more than half of the population whose “p___’s are on the verge of becoming snatched by the most pompous, outrageous ideologue of the supposed free world….” This sounds like a Borat story with an antagonist in a nice suit, sans Sasha Baron Cohen.
Should a sovereign nation ever engage in a preemptive strike to deflect a certain attack from powerful haters? First, it would be prudent to immediately ascertain whether the haters have the potential to bridge the ideological impasse through both grass roots/or high level negotiations. Secondly, it would be essential to investigate the time frame of the hater’s proposed attacks to learn if there is potential to mitigate damage by a targeted preemptive strike that hopefully will not have excessive collateral damage against them or us. This is where protectionism’s tentacles have visceral use— to determine the extent of an existential threat ahead of time and ahead of unreasonable retaliation, if possible. A good leader needs to assess the accuracy of the facts quickly behind a potential strike, both by and against our country, so that our decisive response will not be too late or out of touch with reality. This type of quick, exemplary judgment call could determine the fate of the United States, our allies, and the planet. In the event of potentially bi-nation strikes, de-escalation psychologists and peace proposals should be implemented to neutralize growing hostilities, in the nick of time, whenever feasible. There should be pre-existing open communications between both militaries and cooperation, when feasible, between both countries’ grass roots level. This will put pressure on the ideologue leaders to keep in line.
In short, a multiplicity of options should be explored, time permitting, to prevent large scale casualties—many of whom are innocent via barely hating or even perhaps appreciating. I realize that this potential safety guarding might not always be possible.
However, once a sovereign nation is attacked, like Hamas’ perpetual, animalistic war on Israel on October 7, 2024, whose grotesque rape, mutilation, and continuing hostage atrocities were worse than 9/11 in America in the aforementioned respects, the terrorists must be rooted out to protect the nation’s sovereignty, hopefully with minimal collateral damage to large amounts of innocent people who are used by the cowardly terrorists as human shields. The above requisite action is a justified, albeit unpleasant form of protectionism, not imperialism.
And, Hamas, the Houthis, and Hezbollah are barbaric, terror proxies of Iran, whom have vowed Israel’s and the United States’ destruction constantly over the past 40+ years on international television. It does not take a rocket scientist to guesstimate what Iran hopes to do with an almost completed nuclear bomb at its disposal…. Nevertheless, let us pray that Iran’s “power grab” is neutralized with limited casualties to innocents.—————1,022 words