Deciphering the American Paradox
How do we reconcile America’s core values, represented by capitalism, democracy, and liberalism, with its image as an international bully? And what are the challenges confronting the U.S.? The rise of China, the war in Ukraine, and the students’ protests on the U.S. university campuses against Netanyahu's Holocaust in Gaza are a few of these challenges. The prevailing world begs two major concerns: 1) The post-war II global order is unraveling. 2) The world is heading toward the revival of fascism – an ideology based on denying human values. Contrary to our perception and desire, the world was never peaceful, orderly, and stable. The concept of entropy – the measure of disorder that affects all aspects of our daily lives, explains it. According to the second law of thermodynamics, “as one goes forward in time, the net entropy (degree of disorder) of any isolated or closed system will always increase (or at least stay the same).” You can think of it as nature'...