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1/ The Washington Post highlights 10 quotes from the totally unclassified "The National Intelligence Strategy" of the USA.Analysis | The Daily 202: 10 sobering quotes from the new National Intelligence Strategy washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost…
2/ Quote #4 is: "“The ability of individuals and groups to have a larger impact than ever before—politically, militarily, economically, and ideologically—is undermining traditional institutions. This empowerment of groups and individuals is increasing the influence of ethnic,
3/ religious, and other sources of identity, changing the nature of conflict, and challenging the ability of traditional governments to satisfy the increasing demands of their populations, increasing the potential for greater instability."
4/ The remainder of the document says nothing about this threat. But, it is not only myopic and contradictory to the expressed purpose of "Anticipatory Intelligence" (a new, meaningless buzzword), but wrong. What is generating individuals and groups to demand more from
5/ governments and challenging institutions is that the political-economic-environmental systems are rigged in favor of the richest and most powerful. In quote #5, it notes that conflicts, "economic or other resource scarcity; and areas affected by climate changes" are producing
6/ international population flows that " are likely to result in further fracturing of societies, potentially creating breeding grounds for radicalization." If climate change and resource scarcity is driving population displacements, is the answer the Trump Wall or doing
7/ something about climate change? If the "Panic in Davos" is about how Right- and Left-wing Populism is challenging the political-economic elites and "undermining traditional institutions," then shouldn't the USG being addressing inequalities? In short, these two quotes about
8/ threats to the US national security, as articulated by 17 intelligence agencies, require a Democratic Party response. No DP presidential candidate can ignore this two issues and the other issues in the unclassified DNI report. dni.gov/files/ODNI/doc…
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