It’s just that recently the risk of a third world war has appeared. I have many different theories, but I can’t confirm every one of them.
Okay, we’ll see what happens next, but it’s best to be prepared for any horror, even a sharp rise in food prices. I’ve seen videos and read articles predicting an imminent catastrophe, and corporate greed tells me that this catastrophe is just around the corner.
… I’ve seen videos and read articles predicting an imminent catastrophe, and corporate greed tells me that this catastrophe is just around the corner.
my own doomerism had me believing this as well, but then learning about texts like the ones cowbee has shared w you has shown me that our situation was predicted a century+ ago and I found it reassuring.
The most wild part is that it was never just some fringe leftist prediction; even liberal & conservative scholars from a century ago also predicted it like Keynes, or Polanyi, or Roosevelt (yes the president). It turns out that almost a century ago americans and other westerners just stopped paying attention to all the warnings from all of the scholars that they used to listen to and now we’re in this doom filled future because all the people who benefit from the status quo have successfully created an environment where the future is seen as either more status quo or nothing but abject horrors to scare us into drinking the kool-aide of inescapable climate change and perpetual oligarchy.
Once I developed a rudimentary media literacy because those texts; the mainstream media became transparent and it became clear that everyone, but the people of ruling class, are kept ignorant of reality because ignorant people are easier to manipulate into all the unnecessary asshattery that we’ve been doing for the last five generations.
I can attest to this as well. These days I’m scared by the immediate possible horrors of American fascism but I’m actually hopeful for the future beyond that. I also think now I’m much better prepared for escaping the worst of the acute fascism than I was before.
the us empire is about to demonstrate to the world that my other country of citizenship is still a helpless vassal state despite the incredible progress at self determination they’ve made in the last few decades and my recent career change has proven that savings were a thing of the past despite earning the american average salary.
i wish canada were an option for me, but the best chance that canada would consider me for permanent residency status is if i went back to the old career field that was giving me anxiety, depression, and the perpetual need to disregard reminders that i was helping the ruling class further fuck over the entire world.
You have good experience, and you’re right about a lot of things. And yes, ignorant people are easy to manipulate, especially if they’re poor and desperate enough.
in other words: make them so worried about trying to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table that they’re don’t have the energy & time to think about why they have to do this when there are litterally billions of other people on this planet who don’t have to worry about doing the same thing.
We own nothing, nothing is ours
Not even love so fierce* that burns like baby stars
But this poverty is our greatest gift,
The weightlessness of us as things begin to shift…
I think it’s important to discern capital voices, reactionary voices (regardless of sincerity), and level -headed voices, regardless of whether they manage to get money or not, in what amounts, although sources should be scrutinized. No one is perfect, but we need to evaluate motivation.
A third world war is not that likely. The US Empire cannot win an outright war against China, either China would win or both would lose. What’s more likely is the US Empire going the way of Rome, continual decay until eventual collapse. It does help to be prepared for anything, though, I agree.
It’s just that recently the risk of a third world war has appeared. I have many different theories, but I can’t confirm every one of them.
Okay, we’ll see what happens next, but it’s best to be prepared for any horror, even a sharp rise in food prices. I’ve seen videos and read articles predicting an imminent catastrophe, and corporate greed tells me that this catastrophe is just around the corner.
my own doomerism had me believing this as well, but then learning about texts like the ones cowbee has shared w you has shown me that our situation was predicted a century+ ago and I found it reassuring.
The most wild part is that it was never just some fringe leftist prediction; even liberal & conservative scholars from a century ago also predicted it like Keynes, or Polanyi, or Roosevelt (yes the president). It turns out that almost a century ago americans and other westerners just stopped paying attention to all the warnings from all of the scholars that they used to listen to and now we’re in this doom filled future because all the people who benefit from the status quo have successfully created an environment where the future is seen as either more status quo or nothing but abject horrors to scare us into drinking the kool-aide of inescapable climate change and perpetual oligarchy.
Once I developed a rudimentary media literacy because those texts; the mainstream media became transparent and it became clear that everyone, but the people of ruling class, are kept ignorant of reality because ignorant people are easier to manipulate into all the unnecessary asshattery that we’ve been doing for the last five generations.
I can attest to this as well. These days I’m scared by the immediate possible horrors of American fascism but I’m actually hopeful for the future beyond that. I also think now I’m much better prepared for escaping the worst of the acute fascism than I was before.
i’m expecting it to smack me down hard since i already was not having a great time under non-fascist capitalism.
you should teach a class on how to prepare for it. lol
Not much to teach. Just lucky to have another citizenship and some savings. Then theory just helps with answering questions like:
with a “yes,” “no” and “probably yes.” Previously I might have answered those with “no,” “yes” and “no.”
the us empire is about to demonstrate to the world that my other country of citizenship is still a helpless vassal state despite the incredible progress at self determination they’ve made in the last few decades and my recent career change has proven that savings were a thing of the past despite earning the american average salary.
i wish canada were an option for me, but the best chance that canada would consider me for permanent residency status is if i went back to the old career field that was giving me anxiety, depression, and the perpetual need to disregard reminders that i was helping the ruling class further fuck over the entire world.
You have good experience, and you’re right about a lot of things. And yes, ignorant people are easy to manipulate, especially if they’re poor and desperate enough.
aka the yin to the fascist yang.
in other words: make them so worried about trying to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table that they’re don’t have the energy & time to think about why they have to do this when there are litterally billions of other people on this planet who don’t have to worry about doing the same thing.
Yes, that’s the problem.
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Well, yes…
I think it’s important to discern capital voices, reactionary voices (regardless of sincerity), and level -headed voices, regardless of whether they manage to get money or not, in what amounts, although sources should be scrutinized. No one is perfect, but we need to evaluate motivation.
A third world war is not that likely. The US Empire cannot win an outright war against China, either China would win or both would lose. What’s more likely is the US Empire going the way of Rome, continual decay until eventual collapse. It does help to be prepared for anything, though, I agree.