{"id":53532,"date":"2020-06-06T19:43:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T00:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=53532"},"modified":"2020-06-06T19:43:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T00:43:11","slug":"pandemic-economic-collapse-full-societal-breakdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=53532","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic, Economic Collapse, Full Societal Breakdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/economicprism.com\/pandemic-economic-collapse-full-societal-breakdown\/\">Pandemic, Economic Collapse, Full Societal Breakdown<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/economicprism.com\/pandemic-economic-collapse-full-societal-breakdown\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/economicprism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/AcropolisAthens.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1653\" title=\"Pandemic, Economic Collapse, Full Societal Breakdown\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cAnd the will of Zeus was moving towards its end.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 Homer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Symbiotic Disharmony<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recline and flail of western civilization beats on.&nbsp; Pandemic, economic collapse, full societal breakdown.&nbsp; The sequence grooves from one to the next with the symbiotic disharmony of a minor pentatonic scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peaceful protests devolved to rioting, looting, and structure fires in our own lowly hamlet last Sunday.&nbsp; The Long Beach police couldn\u2019t stop the vandals.&nbsp; So the National Guard was summoned to quell the ransacking.&nbsp; Some Guardsmen even stuck around to help out with the cleanup effort the following day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The refrain \u2013 pandemic, economic collapse, full societal breakdown \u2013 has been repeated in many cities across the country.&nbsp; For each: The time is now.&nbsp; The place is here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The progression from government pandemic lockdown orders to government curfew orders has been as natural as day to night and back again.&nbsp; The difference between the two is subtle; like the difference between ketchup and catsup.&nbsp; The main variance is the local authorities, in what must be an act of public service, now spam our mobile phone each afternoon with warnings to not venture out past curfew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The events of the last weeks and months have been well covered.&nbsp; We\u2019ll leave the ongoing documentation tasks to those better qualified.&nbsp; Instead, we\u2019ll take a step back and look around.&nbsp; Our aim today is to better understand what\u2019s going on\u2026so we may better anticipate \u2013 and plan for \u2013 what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where to begin?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Human Stampedes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mass impulse of a cattle stampede can be triggered by something as innocuous as a blowing tumbleweed. &nbsp;A sudden startle, or a perceived threat, is all it takes to setoff this mass uncontrolled running.&nbsp; Once the herd collectively begins charging in one direction it\u2019ll eliminate everything in its path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pandemic, Economic Collapse, Full Societal Breakdown \u201cAnd the will of Zeus was moving towards its end.\u201d&nbsp;\u2013 Homer Symbiotic Disharmony The recline and flail of western civilization beats on.&nbsp; Pandemic, economic collapse, full societal breakdown.&nbsp; The sequence grooves from one to the next with the symbiotic disharmony of a minor pentatonic scale. 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