Thread by @SteB777

Once again, Twitter/X, seems to be hiding my own posts from me. I was trying to explained the messed up nature of our modern society. We need to understand another systems theory, property, and that is emergent properties.
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https://twitter.com/SteB777/status/1976552720392912997

An emergent property, is where out of a set of parameters of a system, a whole new property emerges, that can't simplistically be understood, from the parts of the system it emerged from. It develops a life of its own.

2/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence

This has what has happened to our societies. For instance, Donald Trump, delusionally believes, that not only is he in charge of America, but he's in charge of the world. But Trump's dumb machinations, are creating global chaos, which will gobble him up, along with the US.
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China, Russia and others have their own agenda, and Don the narcissist was very unhappy he wasn't invited to their party, and military parade. Trump is not the only parade, or power clique in the world. Yet Trump created this, inadvertently.

4/bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5yl…

This is a great example of emergence in action. Where Trump's dumb attempt to run the world and make it all about America, has led to America's opponents, clubbing together, to create an alternative power bloc, that could out muscle the US.
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This is another part of the systems problem, unintended consequences. Where Trump's amateur empire building, has created an opponent bloc, which is potentially, much more powerful than America, because it is distributed.
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Of course, the biggest set of unintended consequences, is the climate and ecological emergency. In which the machinations of oligarchs competing to get even richer, is inadvertently destroying the liveable system, that facilitates their enterprises.
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That's it, the oligarchs, the big powers, have inadvertently created an out of control monster, that will destroy the empires they have created, along with most of humanity, and much life on Earth. This is why I call it a malignancy.
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This is what I was trying to describe here. However, a combination of neoliberalism, as this bizarre unbridled support, of Netanyahu's murderous genocidal regime, is creating massive global chaos. Most of the public, are repelled by it.

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In other words, Trumpism, and neoliberalism, have been sowing the seeds of their own downfall, with their ignorant meddling, to get more power and money. People will rebel against it, and they will be finished. Look how unpopular Keir Starmer has made himself.
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“There are now no non-radical futures. The choice is between immediate and profound social change or waiting a little longer for chaotic and violent social change. In 2023 the window for this choice is rapidly closing.” @KevinClimate

11/bellacaledonia.org.uk/2023/04/18/no-…

#GretaThunberg has got more wisdom in her little finger than the rest of the world's leadership put together. It's no use attacking her, because the cat is out of the bag. Change is coming whether you like it or not.
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Some time in the near future, reality is going to dawn on people, and they're going to say, OMG, Greta was right. She did warn us, and we took no notice. Reality is a bitch. But it will be no use saying, Greta what can we do, because she already told you?
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All of this is going to unravel very badly. All the Western leaders, that allowed the genocide in Gaza to happen in plain sight, is going to come back and bite the neoliberal Wester leaders, that allowed it to happen.
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None of them, are half as clever as they think they are. All their grand plans, are going to turn to shit, and they will drown in it.
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