OPINION:
The United States is trying to find itself as the geopolitical landscape goes through a metamorphosis.
Nations’ alignments aren’t what they used to be. The pecking order is being reshuffled, and “cards” that were in the middle of the deck are now in the front. The former front-deck cards are now in the middle, and they don’t like their new positions.
For most of the first-tier Western nations, the change is like having cold water tossed in their faces. This kind of realignment can lead to trade wars that can become actual wars because political leaders of declining nations will do most anything to stay in power.
We often view evolution as purely biological, but it also occurs in economics. Economies are always evolving, and not always for the better. Industries and companies are constantly being created or changed, or else they are perishing altogether, just like flora and fauna do in the animal kingdom. A business has to innovate if it wants to survive.
The buckboards and wagons from the 19th century exist today as cars and trucks. They just changed through innovation.
Fossils show proof of past animal and plant life, while landfills and junkyards show proof of how civilizations existed. The kinds of tools those civilizations leave behind will determine their level of development.
LEE R. PITTS
Orlando, Florida
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