Blake is not an anomaly.
He is a preview.
Young strategists like him are growing up in a world shaped by:
- Endless geopolitical tension
- Digital surveillance
- Cyber warfare
- Great power competition
- Weak public trust
- And institutional decay
Their instinct is not to liberalize — it is to centralize.
Where older liberals asked, “How do we protect freedom?”
Blake asks, “How do we protect order?”
Where older conservatives asked, “How do we preserve tradition?”
Blake asks, “How do we optimize power?”
This generation is less ideological and more managerial.
Their model of leadership is not a politician — it is a board of regulators.
Blake’s greatest strength is clarity.
His greatest weakness is empathy.
He believes rules can replace judgment, and systems can replace morality.
History suggests otherwise.
The most stable societies are not those with the strictest laws — but those with the strongest trust between rulers and the ruled.
Blake has not yet answered the central question every leader must face:
“How do you wield power without becoming what you claim to oppose?”
Until he does, his vision is brilliant — and incomplete.
