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Even if you win, you lose in unsustainable systems and unholy acts.
In Sun Tzu's The Art of War, subversion is about breaking an enemy's resistance from within without engaging in direct battlefield combat.
It is hailed as the highest form of excellence: to subdue the enemy without fighting is the greatest victory.
Disintegration from within means secretly weakening an adversary's societal structures, morale, and leadership rather than using overt force.
Sadly, today, 2500 years later, destabilizing an enemy often involves crippling its economy. At first glance, this seems like a winning strategy, but a closer look reveals that the world economy is highly interconnected.
One country has customers worldwide, including global trading partners. When you destabilize one country, it impacts another, then another down the line.
A recession in one nation can quickly spread, leading to a global downturn.
For instance, the 1929 U.S. stock market crash wiped out large fortunes and shattered market confidence. By 1931, the recession had spread across the world, plunging global economies into deflationary collapse, eventually causing the Great Depression.
International trade plummeted by over 50% to 60%, agricultural prices dropped by 40% to 60%, and over 30 million people worldwide became unemployed by 1932.*
That was just in 1932. Today, global trade is even more interconnected, and most countries are heavily invested in it.
During COVID-19 shutdowns and reopening phases, the U.S. recovered faster because it had a stronger economy initially. Many other countries struggled because their economies were less resilient at the start.
Because the world is our marketplace. If one customer cannot afford our goods, we lose that customer. If two cannot, we lose two. Fewer countries able to buy means lower global purchasing power, which drags down the world economy.
The point is, subverting other countries destabilizes their economies, and ultimately harms your own. If your economy is already weak, such actions intensify economic pressures.
Moreover, if your country operates within an unsustainable economy, any global recession or trade disruption will cause exponentially greater damage.
So, even if you think subverting an enemy is a good idea, any victory you achieve will likely bring greater losses, especially if your economy is fragile.
The same logic applies to harming others through unholy acts, thinking you’ll get ahead or win in life while losing your soul.
The more harm you do in winning, the greater the sins and the toll on your soul, which will ultimately cost you your salvation.
Even if you win, you will lose. And even more likely, lose faster and more than you ever imagined. 😱.
*Statistics referenced from Google AI.
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