@Dani Spivak Booting out China and Russia alone would be a huge improvement.

@Dani Spivak The head of the UN are the Big Five, the founders; the UK, France, the US, China, and Russia. From the Wiki; ~ "The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (also known as the Permanent Five, Big Five, or P5) are the five sovereign states to whom the UN Charter of 1945 grants a permanent seat on the UN Security Council: China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States.[1][2] The permanent members were all Allies in World War II (and the victors of that war), and are the five states with the first and most nuclear weapons.[3] All have the power of veto, which enables any one of them to block any non-"procedural" Council decision, regardless of its level of international support.[4]" ~ Russia and China have abused the hell out of their Veto power. Fixing the Security Council by booting China and Russia and replacing them with other nations alone would do wonders for the UN. Unfortunately I doubt anything less then all out war will cause people to change the set up of the Un Security Council, though if Russia collapses that might help (which with the way they are going could be inevitable).

@Francesco Dell'Anna Firstly, you are wrong to say narcissism can not be fixed, because I previously suffered with mild to moderate narcissism (if not full blown toxic narcissism), and awareness of the underlying psychology behind it, how it works and why, has fixed it, and I am not alone in recovering from it - yes its rare to recover (especially from the more serious end of the scale) but that is because of how narcissism works on a psychological level not because of genetics. Genetic predispositions are not fate, many with the genetic predispositions do not develop these conditions and some without them do. All these factors do is increase the odds, environment and upbringing is the deciding factor - this has been well observed with narcissism where narcissists are often essentially groomed into becoming one by a narcissistic parent. Narcissism and psychopathy do not exist because there is a niche, they are also not conscious strategies that people choose, they operate on a subconscious level and would continue to operate that way even if you dropped such a person into an alien environment. They exist only because of how the mind works and the different ways the mind can break due to trauma and complex trauma - there is no grand design there, they are not pieces of a puzzle fulfilling a need, they are symptoms of a broken world making broken people. And, they are not like bacteria attacking a body, they are damaged cells in the body, they are the cut flesh and broken bones, damaged parts allowing further infection to take hold unless or until they are healed (likewise with criminals in general). If we are to view human society as like a living organism, then I see all people as part of that organism, and the viruses and disease and injuries are not other people (tempting as it is to classify some as such), it is ideas, beliefs, perspectives, toxic norms, and harmful practices, that all break the mind and break people, in ways that people just do not yet understand (I am hoping to change that - trying to work out the the what, why, and how of this is what I have spent half my life and counting on).

@Francesco Dell'Anna I enjoy your posts too; I like seeing thoughtful takes on things. Starting with narcissism; The genetic components that give people a greater predisposition to narcissism is like, having a greater predisposition to being creative does not mean you will become an artist. On the flip side, in the right situation someone without much innate skill with creativity might be able to become an artist anyway. Narcissism exists on a sliding scale of severity from subclinical (very common) to very serious. It is a response to insecurity and very low self esteem, usually operating on a subconscious level, where the coping strategy for the insecurity is the appearance and performance of high self esteem and egotism as a protective social cover. In the mind of a narcissist (again usually entirely subconscious) there are no true friends and allies as they believe that everyone is one realisation away from uncovering the narcissist's "true" inner self, the insecure place they keep buried deep inside, and the moment the other person uncovers that inner self of the narcissist, the narcissist thinks they will turn on them viciously no matter who they are. This creates testing behaviour in the narcissist, where they push and push at people, anticipating their betrayal and ultimately creating the conditions for it in self fulfilling prophecy. It creates an utter lack of trust. It creates patterns of betrayal. They use people. They exploit people in their pursuit of a safer social position that will never satisfy as their insecurity is internally driven. In a leadership position they will be self serving and ultimately a bad leader, as a good leader serves the people they lead, which a narcissist never does, as they expect those people to turn on them at the drop of a hat. The traits of a narcissist push them towards power for the sake of their own unending need for social security and image, but they destroy and abuse people in the process, destabilise structures, discourage others, destroy their own relationships, and over all are a very serious detriment to all around them compared to how they would have been if they had never developed narcissism, which always occurs due to some sort of abuse in childhood (though weather the abuse is recognised as such is another matter).

I think China will and is helping the Islamic Republic, but they will draw the line at draining their resources too much, and at anything that might label them as a direct military opponent to the US - basically, as in Ukraine, they don't want to be accused of declaring war themselves, and all the consequences that go with it. Image is EVERYTHING for the CCP, though what exactly they want their image to be does vary (as with the "Wolf Warrior" diplomacy they tried for a while where their diplomats and spokes persons tired to aggressively throw their weight around, then after a time calmed it down when they realised people were reacting badly to it rather then just submitting to them). They use their image of not actually being at war with the world while still being seen as a bit spicy, to push they envelope and do things that the rest of the world *really* should be considering acts of war, especially when viewed collectively.

@Danial Mahdavi Makes me glad so many British people are abandoning the TV licence that is supposed to fund the BBC, even if the BBC will harass them for it. Personally I suspect the BBC also gets funds from elsewhere too though I can't prove it.

@Danial Mahdavi Even their wildlife documentaries and "peoples of the world" type documentaries can't be trusted. They've done some in China, and much if not all of it was staged, with fake fishermen acting for the camera, trained cranes who fly on cue, and so on.