Things are going to get rough.

[Apparition of Jack]

So, I don’t have any single purpose for making this, but the bill is about to become due. America’s complete refusal to invest in its citizens and instead focusing on giving all of its wealth to handful of unaccountable corporations and oligarchs is finally going to catch up with it.

I don’t know how things are going to play out, but there’s going to be a lot of poverty, confusion, anger, injustice and downright MAGA insanity coming over the next few years. It won’t be hopeless, make no mistake, but unfortunately there’s no way to prevent the bullshit at this point. The absolute heartless, racist, corporatist insanity that has infected the minds of far too many Americans is going to wear out it’s grievance-based political momentum, and it’ll be regular people who suffer as a result. I can’t say for sure, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw an explosion of things like food lines, homelessness, untreated illnesses, protests, police crime, fist fights, family arguments, riots, racist judgement, sexism, migrant-blaming, mental illness, drug abuse, closed businesses, empty city streets, broken infrastructure, dirty water, and countless other forms of social rot.

 

And again, this isn’t to catastrophise. Humanity has gone through worse in the past and come out on top. As much craziness there’ll be there also be moments of grace, truth, compassion and upliftment. If anything, this could be the impetus for society to finally create something better. But it’ll also be prudent to prepare for the chaos to come at the same time, so that you and your communities aren’t caught unaware.

 

If there was ever a time to make peace with your family, your purpose, your life story, your friends, your community, your commitment to love and justice, and your faith in basic human decency, it is now.

Godspeed.

Edit: Feel free to lock / delete this thread if it doesn’t meet the site’s standards. I’m just throwing my thoughts out there.

Edited Wednesday at 07:45 AM by Apparition of Jack

[zazen]

What you wrote “bill comes due” reminded me of a vide going into the backdrop to all this:

As far as the solution goes, here’s vid on strategic self sufficiency which is the name of the game going forward. Although it’s directed at global south countries the concepts can be applied within the West.

A way to think about it is that capital and vulture funds were born in the West but have outgrown it to become transnational. They dictate to the nest they outgrew from, and view it as a hunting ground rather than a home. Capital is untethered from principle and long time horizons - which is why things are done which aren’t in the nations interest. So Westerners themselves have to wrestle with this Frankenstein the same way foreign  nations do.

Some solutions revolving around localism with a Islamic bent, though insightful:

 

Edited Wednesday at 08:03 AM by zazen

[Apparition of Jack]

@zazen Fantastic videos man. I’ll be sure to check them out.

[BlueOak]

Socialism is dead because people don't live socially. I've hinted at that for a long time but i've got it down to one line now.