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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXVIII–We’re Saved! ‘Good Government’ Has Humanity’s Back. Part 2.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXVIII We’re Saved! ‘Good Government’ Has Humanity’s Back. Part 2. dreamstime.com In the first part of this multi-part Contemplation (see Website Medium Substack) I laid out my reason for examining critically the commonly-held belief that humanity’s major ‘problems’ and/or ‘predicaments’ can be ‘solved’ by governments. Using the Canadian constitutional principle of ‘peace, order, and […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCIV– Canada’s Housing ‘Crisis’ Revisited: Looking Into Why Housing Is Not Affordable For Most
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCIV–Canada’s Housing ‘Crisis’ Revisited: Looking Into Why Housing Is Not Affordable For Most (and it’s not primarily, if at all, for the reasons that the government and profiteers are banging the table about–inadequate supply and restrictive policies) Canadian House Prices vs. Mean, Median, and Modal Income (generated via Julius.ai) If you’re new […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCIX–Energy Future, Part 4: Economic Manipulation
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCIX February 9, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1986) Photo by author. Energy Future, Part 4: Economic Manipulation In Part 1, I argue that energy underpins everything, including human complex societies. In Part 2, I suggest that the increasing need for diminishing resources, especially finite or limited ‘renewable’ ones, invariably leads […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCVIII–‘Inevitable’ Growth: Helping To Keep the Profiteer Gravy Train Pumping
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCVIII February 7, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. ‘Inevitable’ Growth: Helping To Keep the Profiteer Gravy Train Pumping The following are two brief comments (followed by a couple of shorter responses to others) I put out on one of my town’s FB pages regarding the ongoing conversation/debate […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCII–Ecological Overshoot and Collapse: Rearranging the Deck Chairs On the Titanic
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCII January 22, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. Ecological Overshoot and Collapse: Rearranging the Deck Chairs On the Titanic My comments prompted by two recent articles by The Honest Sorcerer (whose writing I highly recommend). January 13 post: I believe you’ve hit the nail on the head […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXII–Government: Constantly Forsaking Our Ecological Systems to Chase the Perpetual Growth Chalice
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXII December 7, 2022 (original posting date) Chitchen Itza, Mexico. (1986) Photo by author. Government: Constantly Forsaking Our Ecological Systems to Chase the Perpetual Growth Chalice Todays’ contemplation has been prompted by the usual shenanigans of government. In this case, the government of my home province of Ontario, Canada. As regular readers of […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXIV–Our Ruling Class: Always Pushing In the Wrong Direction
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXIV November 7, 2022 (original posting date) Chitchen Itza, Mexico (1986). Photo by author. Our Ruling Class: Always Pushing In the Wrong Direction A very brief contemplation that is a comment I posted on the Honest Sorcerer’s latest piece of writing. It’s pretty self-evident (at least to everyone outside of the hypnotic manipulation […]
“If You Want To Control People, You Have To Control The CO2”
“If You Want To Control People, You Have To Control The CO2” As farmer protests rage across Europe, Dutch MP Rob Roos sits down with The HighWire’s Del Bigtree to discuss the climate scam pushed by radical globalist elites in the Western world to seize more power and control. “They [elites] go against family values. They go against natural […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XLIV–The Ruling Class: Chasing Growth Regardless Of the Consequences
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XLIV Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author The Ruling Class: Chasing Growth Regardless Of the Consequences Today’s contemplation is in response to an article by the Honest Sorcerer whose writings I discovered not long ago and have enjoyed for their insight and clarity. I recommend reading them[1]. If only the tragedy that is […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XLIII–War. What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing!
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XLIII Teotihuacan, Mexico (1988) Photo by author War. What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing! Today’s ‘contemplation’ is derived from a conversation on a Facebook Group post I was recently involved with[1]. I’ve been reluctant to write anything regarding the current Russian/Ukraine conflict due to the extreme polemic and emotional aspects such events […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LV–Expediting ‘Collapse’: Financialisation of Our Economic System
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LV Rome, Italy (1984). Photo by author. Expediting ‘Collapse’: Financialisation of Our Economic System A very short contemplation that deviates from the ‘series’ I’ve been writing on several psychological mechanisms that impact our cognitions regarding overshoot and collapse. This is a brief comment (with a slight edit) on an article by The Honest […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXIX–Fiat Currency Devaluation: A Ruling Elite ‘Solution’ to Growth Limits
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXIX Teotihuacan, Mexico (1988). Photo by author. Fiat Currency Devaluation: A Ruling Elite ‘Solution’ to Growth Limits Today’s post is my comment on the latest Honest Sorcerer’s piece regarding the misuse of the term ‘inflation’ and how currency devaluation and the coming energy squeeze overlap. Another well-articulated summary of yet a further aspect […]
Financing the End of Modernity
Financing the End of Modernity How financialization heralds the end of the industrial age That didn’t worked out as intended… Who would’ve thought? Photo by micheile henderson on Unsplash Western neoliberal economies are on the brink of a steep economic decline. Barring an energy / productivity miracle a prolonged and deep recession is clearly on the horizon. While […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLIX–Ruling Elite Rackets Everywhere…
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLIX Mexico (1988). Photo by author. Ruling Elite Rackets Everywhere… My very brief comment on The Honest Sorcerer’s latest article: Throw on top of our energy predicament the overarching predicament of ecological overshoot and the situation is even more explosive. And I can’t help but think that since everything in our world has […]
