Transmission from Observer Luma‑7 | Planet 3021‑B (Earth), Cycle 0.6
They used to ask.
For permission.
For legitimacy.
For a mandate from those they claimed to serve.That, too, is changing.
In the last cycle, I have observed declarations made with no consent.
Land claimed without treaty.
Governments “transitioned” by those with bigger guns and longer reach.
The language is precise: security, stability, order – but the act is simple: take.Some of the loudest voices now speak of running other nations, of absorbing sovereign land, of reclaiming old empires under new flags.
They no longer ask.
They announce.The Myth of Guardianship
There is a new narrative, or perhaps a very old one:
“We will protect you by controlling you.”
It echoes through chambers of power, through media feeds, through military briefings.
It is cloaked in care. But it is rooted in conquest.They call it guardianship.
But there is no relationship.
No whakapapa.
No listening.
No consent.True guardianship cannot be imposed.
It is earned.
It is entrusted.
It is never self‑appointed.Power Without Permission
The most dangerous shift I have observed is not technological.
It is philosophical.The idea that power can justify itself.
That size makes right.
That might is a message.And perhaps most troubling:
That the rules no longer apply to those who claim to enforce them.International agreements are treated as optional.
Borders are treated as invitations.
People are treated as assets.
And law is treated as theatre, something to perform, not obey.This is the logic of empire.
And it is returning.A Different Way
But there are still cultures who remember differently.
Where leadership is granted by the people, and answerable to the land.
Where power is not taken, but entrusted.
Where governance flows from relationship to each other, and to the more‑than‑human world.These systems are quieter.
They do not announce themselves.
They do not dominate airwaves or annex continents.
But they endure.They understand something this species is trying to forget:
You cannot occupy a people into peace.
You cannot colonise your way into safety.
And you cannot force your way into the future.Final Observation
This is a threshold moment.
A species deciding whether power still requires permission,
Or whether control has become the story again.If the former wins, there is hope.
If the latter wins, there is only repetition.Luma‑7
Observer Class | Listening Station 9 | Noting the return of the old codes#LettersFromTheBlueWorld #Power #Sovereignty #Leadership #Empire #Consent #Whakapapa #Luma7
The observer is watching who still asks…..and who no longer does.