#geopolitics
1/There are many views of the world (Brzezinski's Grand Chessboard being one). In Europe & the Anglophone world we live supposedly in liberal democracies (contestable after the last 2+ yrs) - the "developed world". 2/ Perhaps, arguably, the two dominant worldviews could be labelled 'Growthism' (globalized capitalism, i.e., corporatism) versus 'Conservationism' (i.e., arguments for a centrally-planned, steady-state economy.) The latter espousing a Malthusian worldview.

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Myth #541: this is a Public Health Crisis. ❌
This is crisis of resource allocation (incl. credit), societal power structures, democratic legitimacy etc.✅

A Crisis of Corporate Capitalism.

As resources decline, & as the money merri-go-round ends, it seeks ROI/yield. 2/
The Global Investor Class seek ROI, yield, wherever (& however) new frontiers for investment can be created.

After all, they're lovely people. Love to solve problems.
But are there enough problems in the world?🤔
#GlobalHealthcare

https://twitter.com/PeteGDunne/status/1404383186403139585

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 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.

1/ yup, sounds more like a prison ship than a cruise ship. Could this, however, be a cover story to disincentivize customers to partake in cruises?
If we're talking about #sustainability, cruise ships are perhaps the epitome of #PeakConsumption.

https://twitter.com/NeilClark66/status/1372112060356640769

2/ elites know this (but will keep their mega yachts, e.g., fraseryachts.com/en/yachts-for-…) but for Middle Class Joe & Jane punter?
Anybody with sense can see what the restrictions are?
A disincentive to travel & consumption.
Remember these types of headlines from recent years? (below)

Thread: 9/n
well, you could a Documentary costing millions made by RTE/BBC/ZDF/CNN etc etc, or you could watch a video made by a guy in his car @BeyondRoom313 absolutely nailing it.
#BallymunBard

After a year where I've watched (so-called) Irish "Professors" (Medieval - they profess to know) coming on TV & basically-& there's no kind way to put it-telling bare-faced lies & untruths; ppl who are elevated in our society, put in positions of public trust, & betray that trust

"I believe at a society level, a whole series of social contracts are about to be revoked & re-written". This was 2015.

I guess this may include various 'Constitutions'?

Why are MSM not alone not telling truth (considered too 'fringe') but avoiding it?

now the choice may be btwn "social control" (lockdown) vs hyperinflation.
In sustainability "slowing societal metabolism" is understood (Ecological Economics).
Mainstream economists call this concept "the velocity of money".
Record QE + production⬇️*(LDs)
*nytimes.com/2020/04/11/bus…