Global Symbiotic Culture

by Greg O’Niell

As we see more conflicts erupt between nations we need to look for the issues that cause these to happen. There are conflicts over water sources, land, food, economic pressures, and political differences.

What if it was possible to provide off grid energy without fuels needed, clean water that was safe to use, answers to end homelessness, and re-newable materials for construction and fabrication that are eco-friendly, could we use them? Would such answers be met with opposition from those who profit by controlling energy, water, food, housing, most likely they would since that profiteering would be cut off.

The global military industrial complex is a very real factor that impacts our lives, threatens all life on Earth, we were once warned by President Eisenhower to be wary of the growing power of this complex that takes in billions of dollars each year in defense spending, in the interest of national security. The arms race between nations, trying to have the best to counter the rest of the arms developers in that same race, how much is spent in that effort?

Years ago, when I served as a Public Affairs Specialist at Naval Air Station Whiting Field, in Milton, Florida, I received glossy coffee table copies of ‘Jane’s International Defense Review’, nothing but ads for the latest and greatest systems to cause death and destruction.

The global arms industry is seriously big business. What if countries resolved differences peacefully, working with each other to solve issues that cause conflicts, what would happen to the merchants of death, and the businesses that support them? How many countries make money selling weapon systems they produce to each other? Who makes money causing conflicts that lead to wars that benefit the profiteers?

Global Symbiotic Culture, people helping people, at the grassroots level, with available products when used together meet basic human needs for clean energy, food, water, and renewable materials for construction and fabrication, that break down into compost. Resilient, self-reliant com-munities, that are off the grid, are now possible with existing solutions. Why should one nation use such solutions when they could be used by every nation to end thirst, hunger, homelessness, and energy deficits, that is the potential envisioned by building a ‘global symbiotic culture’.

The answers are available, but like any tool they need to be used, and people need to learn about them, where to get them, and how to use them.

Greg O’Niell is a Vietnam veteran who served on the attack aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) in the Tonkin Gulf and on Yankee Station. He received orders to the Defense Information School upon returning to San Diego. Graduating as a print journalist, he became editor-in-chief of a 12-page newspaper at NAS Whiting Field in Milton, FL, adhering to the school’s motto, “Strength Through Truth.”

Following his Navy tour, he joined the Army, attended OCS at Fort Benning, GA, and served in various commands up to brigade level at the 9th DIVADA brigade HQs at Fort Lewis, WA. Emphasizing the oath taken to defend the Constitution against all enemies, he advocates for unity and proactive collaboration to address national and global issues, urging veterans to work together to build a “global symbiotic culture” through mutual support and cooperation, rather than relying on corrupt politicians.

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