THE TRIQUETRA OF LIFE: Wisdom, Wealth, and Wellness

Economic crises endanger all species through limited food supply and shelter, causing mass migrations of ants, fishes, birds, bisons, and men. Since prehistoric times, local volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, droughts, forest fires, hurricanes and floods triggered intra-tribal warfare over territorial rights for riverways and fertile land.

However, since the industrial revolution of 1750, man’s sophisticated weaponry has enabled the devastating destruction of entire cities like Dresden, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The inevitable result of unleashing precision human warfare is migratory homelessness. Here’s how the Soviet Union dealt with the homeless migrations.

Soviet Russia—Post WWI

            “Immediately after the October Revolution (1917-1923, WWI), a special program of “densification” (уплотнение) was enabled, so people who had no shelter were settled in flats of those who had multiple unused rooms, with only one room left to previous owners. The flats were declared state property. This led to having numerous shared flats where several families lived simultaneously….                                                 

“Housing in the cities belonged to the government. Distribution was managed by municipal authorities or by government departments based on an established number of square meters per person. As a rule, tenants had no choice in the housing they ere offered, nor owners have a choice with whom they lived.”

EUROPE — POST WWII

            “In 1945, a significant wave of homeless migration occurred primarily within Europe, as millions of people were displaced from their homes due to war destruction, ethnic cleansing, and forced relocations. A large population of “Displaced Persons (DPs)” lived in refugee camps across the continent, often seeking new homes in countries like the United States and other Allied nations as they awaited resettlement opportunities.”

SOUTH AMERICA — NIXON’S WAR ON DRUGS

In 1971, Nixon’s war on drugs eventually precipitated the Hispanic immigration influx  that has been escalating for decades. It was our US citizenry demanding a steady supply of cocaine and heroin that created the drug cartels profiting from our massive addiction.

The U.S. War on Drugs is Driving the Displacement Crisis

“We are torn by images of unaccompanied minors and overcrowded facilities at our southern border, but few in the United States are asking why so many Central American families are so desperate to escape their own countries that they are willing to risk everything — including family separation.

“These migrants are not fleeing some Act of God — drought or hurricanes or the like — that could not be anticipated or prevented. Rather, they are fleeing cartel violence and governmental corruption induced by the billions generated by a US addiction.

“As CNN recently noted, “poverty, crime, and corruption in Latin America have long been drivers of migration.” Indeed, many Central Americans have concluded that the risks of the journey, of the smugglers, and of the possibility of losing their children are outweighed by the near certainty of violence or death at home.”

UNITED STATES –POST 9/11 TERRORIST ATTACK

Al-Qaeda hoped that by a suicidal terrorist attack on symbols of American power, Islam would promote widespread fear throughout the country and severely weaken the United States’ standing in the world community, ultimately supporting Islam’s  radical  political and religious goals in the Middle East and Muslim world. Osama Bin Laden saw America in decline as western forces withdrew from the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut and from Somalia. He labeled America a paper tiger.

World Trade Towers, 9/11/2001

THE ARAB SPRING —  BUSH’S WAR ON TERROR

The 2001 Bush war on global terror helped precipitate the Arab Spring. As in past conflicts, the United States’ post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have resulted in unintended collateral damage resulting in mass population displacements. The later Obama/Biden withdrawals caused untold loss of billions in armament, American deaths, and damage to American hegemony as the world’s trusted peace keeper.

It is estimated that at least 37 million people have been displaced in just eight countries since 2001 (Table 1). This includes 8 million people displaced across international borders as refugees and asylum seekers and 29 million people displaced internally to other parts of their countries.

To put these figures in perspective, displacing 37 million people is equivalent to removing nearly all the residents of the state of California or all the people in Texas and Virginia combined.”

CALIFORNIA – THE BIDEN/HARRIS BORDER FIASCO

The Hispanic immigration problem has reached a critical stage where looting and public defecation have caused wealthy individuals and large businesses to abandon California. San Francisco is a cesspool with homeless tent camps everywhere. Its tourist industry and restaurants are a shambles. So far, bribing hotels and building low income apartment to house the homeless have been of little help. 

SCOTUS RESCUES DESPERATE STATES and CITIES

“The US Supreme Court has ruled that state and city governments can enforce removal of homeless encampments, police have been moving swiftly. However, it’s a revolving door and will prove to be ineffective. Building low income housing units is being forced on city governments by the state. The number of homeless in this state is 181,000, the largest in the nation, followed by New York at 130,000.”

MASS MIGRATION from THE DRUG WARS

Low income housing cannot keep up with the high demand for homeless accommodations. Involuntary rehabilitation camps might work but would inflame human rights issues. So, California’s ‘extreme left Democratic-Socialist legislature is about to borrow a page from the WWI communist solution for homelessness enacted a hundred years ago.

California has taken the preliminary legal step necessary to become the first state in the Union to force all homeowners to house the homeless, naturally excepting prominent politicians living in security-gated communities like Nancy Pelosi.

 “The constitutional right to adequate housing for all people in California is currently being considered through the California Assembly Constitutional Amendment 10 (ACA-10) which would ensure funds are allocated to ensure a safe, legal place to rest for all. ”Jan 21, 2024 

ACA 10 passed through the California Legislature in June 2024 and will appear on the November ballot. Such funding would help cities rezone for higher density construction, will subsidize low income rents. and pay homeowners for allowing the homeless to live in their homes. But if funding runs dry, which it will, and homelessness worsens, imagine the next drastic step. Communists called it ‘densification’, as would Marxist Comrade Kamala Harris. Fortunately, Gov. Newsom recently vetoed a bill that would have given a $150,000 housing loan to illegal Immigrants. He knows his state can’t afford that childish gesture of extremist socialism.

No doubt, all we homeowners who fail to comply will be shamed or fined into reluctant compliance. Any spare room we have upstairs will be lent to a homeless stranger. That’s the easy part. What’s difficult is admitting our massive drug addictions for opioids, cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl created this hellish mess.