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Aug 2, 20242 min read

A proxy war is a conflict where a major power supports and directs a party to a war, but doesn't directly fight in it themselves. The major power, or "principal", uses third parties, such as mercenaries, non-state actors, or less powerful states, to influence the outcome of the war for their own strategic goals. The principal avoids direct action because they may perceive it as too costly, unjustifiable, or unfeasible.

Examine how this has been applied to local communities. It's difficult to fight a war when you do not know who the enemy is.

A neighborhood in despair may express

"this ain't nothing but gentrification!"

Ok, who benefits?

A slippery slope in terms of placeholders in the community and those who blindly destroy for sake of not being discarded.

💬🤔🤔... Heavy Gif = you're welcome.🙃

Back to the point tho.

Example.

Something as simple as trash 🗑️.

One community has more than another and is suffering. They don't have the resources to provide a clean environment consistently. Community Two has an abundance of resources for trash disposal but they purposely hored it. Why would they do that? Perhaps the "distributor" of the resources is aware they aren't sharing. This then would provoke those in community one to explore abrasive tactics to acquire resources. Those who allocate the resources to clean both communities don't even live there. They want the war to happen. To further stretch the illusion they're not involved they will stroke the ego of pillars in both communities for sake of a bottom line. Eventually the community that once was clean will have another problem and will lack those resources. Both communities are being played against each other but no cares because hey,

ya house looks better than theirs right?

A step further.

Broken windows theory is a criminology theory that suggests that visible signs of disorder and misbehavior in an environment can lead to more disorder and misbehavior. The theory was developed in 1982 by American criminologists James Q. Wilson and George Kelling. The theory uses broken windows as a metaphor for disorder in neighborhoods, such as small crimes, vandalism, loitering, littering, and public intoxication. The theory suggests that if one broken window is left unrepaired, it can lead to vandals breaking other windows, which can create an appearance of abandoned property. This disorder can lead to social decline, which can make people more likely to be disorderly and invite criminal activity. The theory also suggests that people may believe that criminal activity in these areas won't be reported, which can make them feel more comfortable committing crimes.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/broken-windows-theory