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This is a threaded version of Chapter 14:

“The Twelfth Descent—Accumulation:”

of *Prodigal Human: The Descents of Man*

by Michael Adzema.

READ CH THREAD or CLICK a link for free BOOK...

READ BOOK… sillymickel.blogspot.com/2022/02/prodig… #psychology #greed #devolution #possession

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Chapter 14 is subtitled,

“The “Domestication” of Humans—

“The Ability to Store Things Changes Everything for Prehistoric Humans...But Not in the Way We Thought It Did—

“Eden Stormed...The Rich Begin Calling the Tune”

THREAD wp.me/pwMlb-3in #psychology #greed

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[*Quotes/highlights:*] “This tragic, life-diminishing spinoff of our ability to gather & accumulate excessive ‘things’ was a desire to control even those of our own species: Our fellow humans became the last targets of our mania for control.” []

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#Scenarios: "we present a model that extrapolates observed growth in #millionaire numbers (1990–2020) and associated changes in #emissions to 2050. Our findings suggest that the share of US$2020-millionaires in the world population will grow ...

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
... from 0.7% today to 3.3% in 2050, and cause accumulated emissions of 286 Gt CO2. This is equivalent to 72% of the remaining carbon budget, and significantly reduces the chance of stabilizing climate change at 1.5 °C."

#CarbonInequality #inequality
"most recent assessment indicates changes in distribution, with the top 1% now being responsible for 17% of total #emissions, the top 10% for 48%, and the bottom half of the world population for only 12% (in 2019). These numbers illustrate the role of the #wealthy in ...
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"...a growing share of “high-end” donations never ends up in organizations that do any kind of altruistic work. Rather, they go to tax-privileged private foundations designed to serve as #tax shelters for the very #wealthy..."
by @hijodelcuervo
mintpressnews.com/study-billiona… #BillGates
#Microsoft has swooped in to hoover up #TikTok after it received “personal assurances” from the president himself that he would back such a move.
by @AlanRMacLeod
mintpressnews.com/microsoft-purc… #Trump #BillGates
"The coalition of companies that form part of the “broad coalition” include tech giants like #Facebook and #Microsoft, transnational behemoths like #Philips, as well as U.S. #pharmaceutical retail chain #CVS #Health."
by @hijodelcuervo
mintpressnews.com/big-tech-giant… #BillGates #corona
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#Storytelling.

Tonight I'm going to share highlights from the 2010 "Scenarios for the Future of Technology & Int'l Development" report produced by The Rockefeller Foundation & Global Business Network. Not just the "Lock Step" scenario, but all 4 scenarios. [54 page report]
Following Event 201 (Oct 18 2019), we must concede that the ruling class has been gifted with phenomenal and prophetic intuitions & insights. (They truly are the chosen ones.) Thus it is worthwhile, even mandatory, to study their scenario exercises & simulations.
"We believe that scenario planning has great potential for use in philanthropy to identify unique interventions... scenario planning allows us to achieve impact more effectively." [p 4]
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1.The #Crisis management is different in #Wealthy states/#US from #Poor countries/#Iran #Venezuela& #War_Zone regions/#Syria #Yemen
The solution is NOT total lockdown the State especialy in the #US
@POTUS @VP @seanhannity @marklevinshow @TomFitton @NikkiHaley @GOP @foxandfriends
2/The situation is being INTENTIONALLY exaggerated& worsened by #CORRUPT #DeepState/agents, politicians…
The consequences of staying home, shutting down the businesses…is ultimately going to take down the Government/State, NOT fixing the problem.
How long the Gov. Can pay?
3/amonth..5,This is unseen enemy, even if one virus remains alive can multiply to 10M/24h! In other word, it’s NOT few months problem, might take to the end of 2020!
Instead of wasting the money as stimulus packages, increase the production of personal protective tools&..
#Corona
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