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Riding the Zeitgeist: A theory of change
Riding the Zeitgeist: A theory of change ‘What I say today everybody will say tomorrow, though they will not remember who put it into their heads. Indeed they will be right for I never remember who puts things into my head : it is the Zeitgeist‘ George Bernard Shaw The word ‘zeitgeist’, originating with philosopher Hegel, […]
Physical Preps and Tools
Physical Preps and Tools This is the article about “stuff” you can buy. What we are facing is not going to be short term, and it’s not going to affect one small area. The duration is forever. It will affect literally everything, in progressively compounding ways. First we’ll go through ever-increasing, and unending, scarcity […]
Is Civilization on the Brink of Collapse?
Is Civilization on the Brink of Collapse?
We Are Not the First Civilization to Collapse, But We Will Probably Be the Last
We Are Not the First Civilization to Collapse, But We Will Probably Be the Last The archeological remains of past civilizations, including those of the prehistoric Cahokia temple mound complex in Missouri, are sobering reminders of our fate. Doomsday Selfie – by Mr. Fish CAHOKIA MOUNDS, Missouri: I am standing atop a 100-foot-high temple mound, […]
Collapse Won’t Just Reset Society, It Will Destroy It
Collapse Won’t Just Reset Society, It Will Destroy It I The collapse of techno-industrial civilization is likely to occur on the present business-as-usual mode of social functioning, probably by 2030, but there are scenarios where it could be before Christmas 2022, if the West and Russia slide into nuclear war; that is our position, supported […]
Is a Partial Collapse Possible? — Part 2
Is a Partial Collapse Possible? — Part 2 Image credit: Himesh Kumar Behera via Unsplash After exploring the possible ways the West could (continue to) collapse in Part 1, let’s turn our mental gaze towards the East, and see what are the global implications of such a shift in centers of power — if there are any… […]
Is a partial collapse possible? Part 1
Is a partial collapse possible? Part 1 Image credit: Himesh Kumar Behera via Unsplash Can the East survive the fall (or rather the collective suicide) of the West? Can the center of global power be transferred from the falling Western Empire to its Eastern counterparts? And ultimately: will this shift contribute to or, instead, reverse the […]
As Fuel Prices Poised to TRIPLE, EU Mulls Rationing Gas Across Bloc Monday
As Fuel Prices Poised to TRIPLE, EU Mulls Rationing Gas Across Bloc Monday The European Union (EU) is going down in flames as its fuel taps from Russia run dry. Issues related to the war in Ukraine have resulted in no more gas flowing through the Nord Stream 1 (NS1) pipeline and soon-to-be tripled gas prices across Europe. To avoid what […]
The great unravelling
The great unravelling Real life Bond villain Klaus Schwab has become the focus of ridicule following crude attempts to remove articles praising Sri Lanka’s “Vision 2025” economic plan from the World economic Forum (WEF) website – the world’s leading proponent of the hi-tech fourth industrial revolution apparently not realising that nothing ever disappears from the internet. Sri Lanka was supposed […]
Of Heroes and Dragons
Of Heroes and Dragons in which a planet-sized blindspot gets revealed Image credit: Kent Pilcher via Unsplash You were warned The following read might incite serious levels of cognitive dissonance and result in anger, disbelief and an irresistible urge to trash the author. Unfortunately I cannot take responsibility for your actions, so proceed at your own risk from […]
The Engineered Stagflationary Collapse Has Arrived – Here’s What Happens Next
The Engineered Stagflationary Collapse Has Arrived – Here’s What Happens Next In my 16 years as an alternative economist and political writer I have spent around half that time warning that the ultimate outcome of the Federal Reserve’s stimulus model would be a stagflationary collapse. Not a deflationary collapse, or an inflationary collapse, but a […]
This is how civilisations collapse
This is how civilisations collapse Last week, in an attempt to explain away the supply chain woes that are increasingly leading to goods shortages in America, President Biden cited a popular neoliberal fable. He observed that to make a pencil, wood and graphite must be sourced from the other ends of the world before the finished product can […]
#231. Short and sharp
#231. Short and sharp A SYNOPSIS OF DETERIORATION AND RISK Might we very soon face a major financial crisis, at a scale exceeding that of 2008-09? Are we heading for a global economic slump, or can current problems be explained away in terms of ‘non-recurring events’, such as the war in Ukraine? Do the authorities have […]
