Tag Archives: control

Military Expansion and pre-meditated Genocide

Posted on December 28, 2023 by borderslynn

I recently read in the World Atlas that before the region now known as China, it was the Qing dynasty (1636 to 1912) in power and they constantly used military strength to expand over lands around them with a dream … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged China, control, empires, fear as a weapon, genocide, Han, military expansion, Mongols, murder of innocents, occupation, oppression, psychological warfare, Qing dynasty, resistance, subjugation, terrorist label, Uyghurs | Leave a comment

Margaret, ‘Pearl of Scotland’

Posted on October 16, 2016 by borderslynn

I struggle with pyramid style societies. As Lenny Bruce once quipped,”If the Venusians aren’t scufflers we’re screwed.” Placing each other in hierarchies; identifying ourselves along a line from bottom to top; forming friendships, alliances with those ‘at our level’ – … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged conflict, control, education, humanity, power structures, religion, rhetoric, slavery, written history as a means of control | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: control

Military Expansion and pre-meditated Genocide

Margaret, ‘Pearl of Scotland’

Where did we come from? Where are we going?