On Undefined Emergency Power

From the very first sentence you can tell this guy Shyam Sankar is an idiot. Ignore Shyam and this “Mobilize” book entirely:
https://x.com/ssankar/status/1976291588524630318?s=46

“Undeclared state of emergency” is Schmittian and even worse, by not declaring the emergency he is declaring some kind of unlimited scope in the first sentence. This is the exact unlimited Schmittian power approach that my essay “Catastrophe of the Soul” breaks.

What does “adversaries circling” even mean? Who are these adversaries?

China has made clear multiple times that they do not wish for war and for America to fall. The press has reported on the recent peaceful collaborations between the two nations clearly:
https://apnews.com/article/us-china-trump-xi-iran-call-441425004d3d695df87f3f7c0b62492e

There is a path for the US and China and all states to collaborate on solving big problems, bringing prosperity to all their peoples while maintaining their unique cultures. But that collaborative path with China or with any other country cannot be walked if you start diplomacy with this language. And, if this approach is used against China, it starts an accusatory pattern that can be used against other nations.

Schmittian wars and the lazy rationalizations for them must stop. In December 2024, enabled by my essay “Catastrophe of the Soul” and my essay on Hobbes called “Leviathan Loop”, and building on the work of Wolfgang Palaver’s work “From the Sacred to Saintliness”, I found an important question: “Can Holy Quests stop Sacred Wars?”

The answer is yes, but we must choose to use large-scale joint projects other than violent warfare, which is profitable for a select few (such as Shyam), but is destructive for most. Warfare is most destructive for our great soldiers (and their families) who will never be paid enough for their courage to defend us in the rare moments when needed. Any nation’s goal in waging war must always be only to resolve specific disagreements as swiftly as possible with the fewest casualties.

Every one of the billions of living souls on our planet (and soon off planet!) is precious and valuable and it is our duty to help develop all souls. It is a clear and declared catastrophe every time a living soul is lost — especially during violent conflict, an even moreso when the motive for violence is financial profit.