1/"The political difficulties implicit in pulling the plug on extravagant habits of energy, of course, preclude any chance that such policies will be deliberately pursued on a large scale in our lifetimes".
John Michael Greer, The Ecotechnic Future, p.172/3
John Michael Greer, The Ecotechnic Future, p.172/3
2/ translation: nobody will vote, knowingly, for what might appear at first glance like a more difficult or less prosperous life or a decline in social status (although not all will be affected equally, e.g., public sector v SME owners)
Which is why you weren't consulted.
Which is why you weren't consulted.
3/ Which is why the device used was a mild-to-moderately severe (except in those susceptible due to pre-existing comorbidities) infectious respiratory pathogen. Fear is the sine qua non of control, from the individual to the population level.
4/ This device facilitated a number of things:
a) slowing societal metabolism (social control)
b) reduction in C emissions (economic contraction)
c) delayed (consequences of) inevitable Global Financial System Collapse (but accelerated others, i.e. SME destruction)
a) slowing societal metabolism (social control)
b) reduction in C emissions (economic contraction)
c) delayed (consequences of) inevitable Global Financial System Collapse (but accelerated others, i.e. SME destruction)
5/ d) shunted Middle Class (public sector & corporate employees) demand from SMEs to MNCs, i.e. favouring the Davos Class. Further concentration of supply chains, with conditions ripe for consolidation of ownership of resources. Stakeholder capitalism=resource-based economy.
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