Permanent war/Mentality
| Permanent war/Mentality (paranoia, mentality, learned helplessness, psychosis?) | |
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| Interests | enemy images |
| A form of paranoia associated with high stress and aggression, low empathy. | |
Permanent war mentality is a form of paranoia that concentrates on enemy images. A reaction to trauma, it is associated with high levels of stress and aggression, low levels of empathy. Permanent war mentality allows no possibility of global peace, a phenomenon which was, however briefly, anticipated after the end of the cold war.
Integrity Initiative
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The Integrity Initiative was, until 2018, a generally unregarded UK group that appeared to be a charity aiming to oppose "Russian Propaganda" by "countering disinformation". Reading of the leaked Integrity Initiative documents reveals many of its members seem preoccupied with tackling a "Russian threat". Leaked documents make almost no mention of peace or negotiation, but instead speak the language of war, specifically of a New Cold War.
Chris Donnelly, IfS director, wrote in 2018 that {{#subobject: |Has superobject=Permanent war/Mentality |Has objectClass=Quotation |Has author=Chris Donnelly|+sep=, |Has text=“But because this is not a shooting war like 1939-45, we in “Western” countries have not adopted the “wartime mentality” essential if we are to cope with the instability which drastic change inevitably brings. We are now trying to cope in a wartime situation but with a peacetime mentality, peacetime institutions and peacetime procedures shaped by the last 70 years of living in a stable, secure, rules-based environment.
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The qualities we now need in our public servants
So, if we consider what qualities and characteristics we need in those whom we select for leadership today, in a period of rapid and profound change, in all sorts of institutions – government departments, big companies, the NHS - the conclusion is that we need to look for people who have abilities that suit a wartime environment rather than a peacetime one.” |Is about=Permanent war/Mentality,|+sep=, |Has wikipediaPage= |Has location=|+sep=, |Has publicationDate=2 February 2018 |Sourced from=Integrity Initiative/Leak/3#general pdf/Brexit FCO update 02 02 2018.pdf |Has sourceDetails= |Has sourceTitle= |Has sourceName=Integrity Initiative/Leak/3#general pdf/Brexit FCO update 02 02 2018.pdf |Has sourceURL=
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“But because this is not a shooting war like 1939-45, we in “Western” countries have not adopted the “wartime mentality” essential if we are to cope with the instability which drastic change inevitably brings. We are now trying to cope in a wartime situation but with a peacetime mentality, peacetime institutions and peacetime procedures shaped by the last 70 years of living in a stable, secure, rules-based environment.
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The qualities we now need in our public servants
So, if we consider what qualities and characteristics we need in those whom we select for leadership today, in a period of rapid and profound change, in all sorts of institutions – government departments, big companies, the NHS - the conclusion is that we need to look for people who have abilities that suit a wartime environment rather than a peacetime one.”
Chris Donnelly (2 February 2018) [1]
Emphasis in original
Euan Grant wrote that {{#subobject: |Has superobject=Permanent war/Mentality |Has objectClass=Quotation |Has author=|+sep=, |Has text=“The character of conflict has changed in recent years. Today, we are seeing a new level of competition among State and non-State interests. It is self evident that success in this hypercompetitive world, to a large extent, will depend on a nation’s ability to develop and deploy new forms of power, including indigenous skills in the Cyber, Signals and Electronic Warfare spheres.” |Is about=Permanent war/Mentality,Permanent war|+sep=, |Has wikipediaPage= |Has location=|+sep=, |Has publicationDate= |Sourced from=Integrity Initiative/Leak/6#Euan Grant Objectives Tasks and Cluster relationships.pdf |Has sourceDetails= |Has sourceTitle= |Has sourceName=Integrity Initiative/Leak/6#Euan Grant Objectives Tasks and Cluster relationships.pdf |Has sourceURL= }}“The character of conflict has changed in recent years. Today, we are seeing a new level of competition among State and non-State interests. It is self evident that success in this hypercompetitive world, to a large extent, will depend on a nation’s ability to develop and deploy new forms of power, including indigenous skills in the Cyber, Signals and Electronic Warfare spheres.” [2]virus,
COVID-19
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War imagery was widely used during the COVID-19 event, and it can be understood as an example of a permanent war. Even assuming that there was a novel The natural process of virus, for which evidence was lacking, evolution would natural promote faster spreading, but less deadly mutations. Instead the virus was presented an intelligent enemy. The "fast spreading" part was relentlessly repeated (and used as a pretext for lockdowns), but the "less deadly" was omitted, often implying (or sometimes, clearly claiming) that new virus strains would likely be more deadly.