Collapse and Re-birth . . .
Since March 2020, we've been plunged into a surreal universe of insane rules, restrictions and never ending hype. Clearly, there's Global co-ordination of this creeping psychosis , but why? What's really going on? I think we're seeing the 0.0001%'s (e.g. the billionaires club), trying to manage and control the inevitable collapse of the system (which is akin to King Canute trying to hold back the tide). Yes, there's a strong cohort of ideologues and fascists amongst them, who have always yearned for (and planned), this type of control - but why now? Where's the underlying material shift? What's changed to allow these people to come to forefront? A reading of Jared Diamond's book Collapse is an excellent intro. Wars that were previously explained as a clash of ideologies or religions are dissected through the lens of material reality, e.g. a sharp and irreversible decline in keystone resources, leading to intense competition and ultimately, the disi...