You’re not crazy. You ARE on your way to becoming a peasant. A lifetime of wage-serfdom, crippling debt, and chronic illness. Who says? A survey of six recognized experts. (No Alex Jones, sorry).
"We are not illiterate peasants, serfs, or slaves. Whether “middle class” or “marginalized,” we share the collective historical condition of individualized persons with complex social experiences and opinions."
Once enough of the old, who remember, have been culled, and the next generations, a lot of them diminished in their ability to read people thanks to mask mandates in schools during their development etc, confused by all the gender garbage and other ways of messing with developing minds, maximized dependance on the overlords offering solutions to artificial problems, having gone through the "education system" which is also changing ever more to turn them into something useful for the overlords...
that statement seems a bit less powerful.
Have you looked at what universities are churning out lately? They know all about critical whiteness, and what else counts in life... Having to be able to tie your shoes is oppressive, though.
Yes, indeed. My fears also. Public ed is failing. MSM, divisive. Prescription drug abuse, meth & fentynal running wild. Sometimes, I look at the USA and wonder: did the Zombie apocalypse already happen? Still working on optimism.
Thank you, much appreciated. I think VDH is generally good to excellent on domestic affairs. As mentioned, I part company with his take on the Russian-Ukraine conflict. But I am always interested in learning what he has to say.
Whenever I see someone talking about how this or that is "inevitable," my BS detector goes off. And whenever I see people talking about "the pandemic" as if it was a naturally-occurring surprise, my BS detector goes off. And when I see very wealthy people with economic/political power, I am very suspicious.
I think people are very reluctant to see what is in front of their faces, very unwilling to believe that Humanity is poised to suffer unthinkable (since maybe the Dark Ages) strife, suffering, and death.
Until a tipping point is reached, in which the numbers of those who are able to "take in" the situation at hand, we will continue to allow the Nasties to further their agenda, making the way out of this hell they bring more and more challenging.
If, right now, everyone could see that ANY compliance, any at all, is like giving the car thief the keys to your vehicle, we are dragging our feet when we should be working on solutions.
As far as Covid goes, I've been against the lockdowns and mandates -- and that's nothing new. Consistent from my first substack post here. I also think the lab leak "hypothesis" at this point is the only plausible explanation: meaning, the Covid-19 virus did result of gain of function research. I've covered aspects of that here also. As well as the wealth transfer.
I'm not sure that Neo-Feudalism and the like is inevitable, but I damn well do think it is happening. All the authors I cite above offer solutions. I did not focus on that in this post -- because I think too many people are either (1) in denial; or (2) wondering if the problem is just them, or somehow their fault. I should work a second, third or fourth gig. I should maintain a happy attitude by taking anti-depressants. Etc.
My point to these people was: you're not crazy. You're not problem. And you're not alone. You're also not helpless.
I find myself with agreeing with Zuboff on this. " We are not illiterate peasants, serfs, or slaves." But also that "what is unbearable is that economic and social inequalities have reverted to the preindustrial 'feudal” pattern'" -- I would say "are reverting", not have reverted.
But I also agree with our mutual substack friend Good Citizen: people are being herded. I have a post coming up on the ridiculous growth in prescription drug use among Americans. I have a previous on the American and now global epidemic of metabolic syndrome -- a true public health crisis., but a vastly profitable one.
Eat clean. Stay active and exercise. Consider strongly the advice in Your Money or Your Life: https://yourmoneyoryourlife.com/ Do everything you can to reduce your dependency on the State and Big Pharma. Be careful with -- and times, rightfully paranoid about -- Big Tech. I think one solution is to build critical mass. We need more healthy people who have real control over their own lives -- and so can push back, can resist, and can provide examples to others of freedom.
As for the various political and economic proposals mentioned by the authors I cited and by others, I am still working through them. I work slowly. That's who I am -- not exciting, not firebrand. All best!
I think I agree with mostly all you're saying-- I should have mentioned, I often write my comments with the idea that anyone and everyone who looks at your post is reading it-- in other words, I'm not ONLY speaking to you... More like I'm just putting my thoughts on the topic "out there"... Hopefully, I did not offend you!
But as for "Covid," I am of the opinion that it's a bio-weapon, tho a very mild one... the idea was to terrorize, as part of a PLAN, so that everyone would want the "jab," which is a culling tool, and then to move on with the rest of the plan, to slowly ebb away our rights and freedoms and force us into being hybridized with AI, which would make us patented and (in these psychopaths' thinking) their PROPERTY, so that whoever is still alive after a few years of culling would be slaves. It's a lot like the basic idea that was happening in Nazi Germany, only with more tech, more death, and even the same families as before... pretty much a Nazi Revival, with Absolute Control/Tyranny and the end of Democracy and all the good things we all enjoy...
There is very little about all this that is somehow not PLANNED, in my opinion.
What these psychopaths don't seem to understand is that once a tipping point (enough people) is reached, their plan will fail, because we simply won't allow it. Tyranny never lasts. They think they can get us "under control" by killing off a lot of us, but there's BILLIONS of us... They don't really seem to think things through very well, and also appear to be caught up in a lot of their own delusions... They will fail. The two-part question for me is, how long will it take us to reach a tipping point, and how much suffering will have to be gone through before we do?
Some great works there. Wish I had more time for reading. Surveillance capitalism really synthesized the potential techno dystopian path nobody can see we are presently racing down. It's the one book I've been gifting for two years, naively thinking it might change not just minds but behavior.
Yes, indeed, on Shoshana Zuboff. If you have not had the chance, and I understand the time constraint, I do recommend Kai-Fu Lee on somewhat related concerns. His book not nearly as optimistic as his TED talk.
And unlike Yuval Harari, who is essentially biting off of -- plagiarizing -- people like Kai-Fu Lee, Lee is an AI pioneer and venture capitalist on the very front lines. Your citation of the Yuval Harari clip in The MotherLode [https://thegoodcitizen.substack.com/p/the-motherlode] was excellent, btw: I just find him annoying. The lackey who speaks only the "truths of power" -- or rather, who justifies and rationalizes the oligarchy while posing as "disruptive." He's the pilot fish, masquerading as a thought leader. (But all the more reason to pay some attention to him, sadly).
"We are not illiterate peasants, serfs, or slaves. Whether “middle class” or “marginalized,” we share the collective historical condition of individualized persons with complex social experiences and opinions."
Once enough of the old, who remember, have been culled, and the next generations, a lot of them diminished in their ability to read people thanks to mask mandates in schools during their development etc, confused by all the gender garbage and other ways of messing with developing minds, maximized dependance on the overlords offering solutions to artificial problems, having gone through the "education system" which is also changing ever more to turn them into something useful for the overlords...
that statement seems a bit less powerful.
Have you looked at what universities are churning out lately? They know all about critical whiteness, and what else counts in life... Having to be able to tie your shoes is oppressive, though.
Yes, indeed. My fears also. Public ed is failing. MSM, divisive. Prescription drug abuse, meth & fentynal running wild. Sometimes, I look at the USA and wonder: did the Zombie apocalypse already happen? Still working on optimism.
Good selections, will be linking this today @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/
Victor I follow, although he can get a little too far right at times. In general he has good analysis on most things,
Thank you, much appreciated. I think VDH is generally good to excellent on domestic affairs. As mentioned, I part company with his take on the Russian-Ukraine conflict. But I am always interested in learning what he has to say.
Whenever I see someone talking about how this or that is "inevitable," my BS detector goes off. And whenever I see people talking about "the pandemic" as if it was a naturally-occurring surprise, my BS detector goes off. And when I see very wealthy people with economic/political power, I am very suspicious.
I think people are very reluctant to see what is in front of their faces, very unwilling to believe that Humanity is poised to suffer unthinkable (since maybe the Dark Ages) strife, suffering, and death.
Until a tipping point is reached, in which the numbers of those who are able to "take in" the situation at hand, we will continue to allow the Nasties to further their agenda, making the way out of this hell they bring more and more challenging.
If, right now, everyone could see that ANY compliance, any at all, is like giving the car thief the keys to your vehicle, we are dragging our feet when we should be working on solutions.
As far as Covid goes, I've been against the lockdowns and mandates -- and that's nothing new. Consistent from my first substack post here. I also think the lab leak "hypothesis" at this point is the only plausible explanation: meaning, the Covid-19 virus did result of gain of function research. I've covered aspects of that here also. As well as the wealth transfer.
I'm not sure that Neo-Feudalism and the like is inevitable, but I damn well do think it is happening. All the authors I cite above offer solutions. I did not focus on that in this post -- because I think too many people are either (1) in denial; or (2) wondering if the problem is just them, or somehow their fault. I should work a second, third or fourth gig. I should maintain a happy attitude by taking anti-depressants. Etc.
My point to these people was: you're not crazy. You're not problem. And you're not alone. You're also not helpless.
I find myself with agreeing with Zuboff on this. " We are not illiterate peasants, serfs, or slaves." But also that "what is unbearable is that economic and social inequalities have reverted to the preindustrial 'feudal” pattern'" -- I would say "are reverting", not have reverted.
But I also agree with our mutual substack friend Good Citizen: people are being herded. I have a post coming up on the ridiculous growth in prescription drug use among Americans. I have a previous on the American and now global epidemic of metabolic syndrome -- a true public health crisis., but a vastly profitable one.
Eat clean. Stay active and exercise. Consider strongly the advice in Your Money or Your Life: https://yourmoneyoryourlife.com/ Do everything you can to reduce your dependency on the State and Big Pharma. Be careful with -- and times, rightfully paranoid about -- Big Tech. I think one solution is to build critical mass. We need more healthy people who have real control over their own lives -- and so can push back, can resist, and can provide examples to others of freedom.
As for the various political and economic proposals mentioned by the authors I cited and by others, I am still working through them. I work slowly. That's who I am -- not exciting, not firebrand. All best!
I think I agree with mostly all you're saying-- I should have mentioned, I often write my comments with the idea that anyone and everyone who looks at your post is reading it-- in other words, I'm not ONLY speaking to you... More like I'm just putting my thoughts on the topic "out there"... Hopefully, I did not offend you!
But as for "Covid," I am of the opinion that it's a bio-weapon, tho a very mild one... the idea was to terrorize, as part of a PLAN, so that everyone would want the "jab," which is a culling tool, and then to move on with the rest of the plan, to slowly ebb away our rights and freedoms and force us into being hybridized with AI, which would make us patented and (in these psychopaths' thinking) their PROPERTY, so that whoever is still alive after a few years of culling would be slaves. It's a lot like the basic idea that was happening in Nazi Germany, only with more tech, more death, and even the same families as before... pretty much a Nazi Revival, with Absolute Control/Tyranny and the end of Democracy and all the good things we all enjoy...
There is very little about all this that is somehow not PLANNED, in my opinion.
What these psychopaths don't seem to understand is that once a tipping point (enough people) is reached, their plan will fail, because we simply won't allow it. Tyranny never lasts. They think they can get us "under control" by killing off a lot of us, but there's BILLIONS of us... They don't really seem to think things through very well, and also appear to be caught up in a lot of their own delusions... They will fail. The two-part question for me is, how long will it take us to reach a tipping point, and how much suffering will have to be gone through before we do?
Some great works there. Wish I had more time for reading. Surveillance capitalism really synthesized the potential techno dystopian path nobody can see we are presently racing down. It's the one book I've been gifting for two years, naively thinking it might change not just minds but behavior.
Yes, indeed, on Shoshana Zuboff. If you have not had the chance, and I understand the time constraint, I do recommend Kai-Fu Lee on somewhat related concerns. His book not nearly as optimistic as his TED talk.
And unlike Yuval Harari, who is essentially biting off of -- plagiarizing -- people like Kai-Fu Lee, Lee is an AI pioneer and venture capitalist on the very front lines. Your citation of the Yuval Harari clip in The MotherLode [https://thegoodcitizen.substack.com/p/the-motherlode] was excellent, btw: I just find him annoying. The lackey who speaks only the "truths of power" -- or rather, who justifies and rationalizes the oligarchy while posing as "disruptive." He's the pilot fish, masquerading as a thought leader. (But all the more reason to pay some attention to him, sadly).
Jongseung Kim, a Crypto-Enthusiast like yourself (I am still learning about it), has an excellent breakdown of Surv Capt: https://www.slideshare.net/deframing/the-crisis-of-self-sovereignty-in-the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism-142578010 So if you know anyone who wants the bullet points to start, so to speak -- highly recommended.
All best!