Just one small disagreement. I don't think we're on the path to state controlled media. I think they want us to believe that so we buy into the alternative corporate controlled 'alternative' media of Tucker and Rogan and think that we're being dissidents.
The bad news is exactly as you say. I am another Normal Joe who writes Substack essays (98 so far), but between the impending financialization of Substack (I don't even try for paid subscribers) and the ease with which even the tiniest of voices can be silenced (imprisoned?), I suspect my efforts will soon be shut down.
The 'good' news is that the people who really could transform the landscape don't even know folks like you and me exist and probably wouldn't understand a word of what we write. But their 'evolutionary instincts' for stability, predictability and connection are reawakening, even if they don't recognize it. But 'soon,' when industrial civilization collapses, a few of them will step up and demonstrate our species' adaptability. Most of these people are among the un/minimally contacted in areas like the Amazon, Pacific Islands, etc. The USAians with a chance are those with basic survival skills.
Thank you Geoffrey! Yes, we need to stand as in Solidarność, arms linked across the land, in defiance of Evil. On the back of a dime, the bundle of sticks: united we stand. Remember the original: "When in the course of human events..." the unwelcome necessity of resistance or if necessary, turning the bucket over... We stand together or lose everything.
This kind of writing was never my original intent. I'm still figuring it out, but there is no hope for humanity without resistance now. Sadly, where resistance could be most effective is corrupt. The worst contributors to this crisis, and the ones who could actually make a profound change, refuse to do so. I know you know this. Confronting it is a serious and probably losing task, but I prefer to be on the right side of a dying cause, and faintly hoping I am proven wrong.
As usual, I thoroughly enjoy reading your enlightened thoughts. Speaking of media control, I wonder if the fascists plan to attack the internet with more price controls and censorship.
My good luck to speak here, all of our ability for free and fair expression on the internet is in jeopardy. It always has been and always will be. The advent of the printing press didn't set truth free, and obviously the promise of the internet didn't either. Human behavior is human behavior, a few always learning, but most falling well short of wisdom. It's profoundly disappointing. Thank you for your comment.
Just one small disagreement. I don't think we're on the path to state controlled media. I think they want us to believe that so we buy into the alternative corporate controlled 'alternative' media of Tucker and Rogan and think that we're being dissidents.
The bad news is exactly as you say. I am another Normal Joe who writes Substack essays (98 so far), but between the impending financialization of Substack (I don't even try for paid subscribers) and the ease with which even the tiniest of voices can be silenced (imprisoned?), I suspect my efforts will soon be shut down.
The 'good' news is that the people who really could transform the landscape don't even know folks like you and me exist and probably wouldn't understand a word of what we write. But their 'evolutionary instincts' for stability, predictability and connection are reawakening, even if they don't recognize it. But 'soon,' when industrial civilization collapses, a few of them will step up and demonstrate our species' adaptability. Most of these people are among the un/minimally contacted in areas like the Amazon, Pacific Islands, etc. The USAians with a chance are those with basic survival skills.
Thank you Geoffrey! Yes, we need to stand as in Solidarność, arms linked across the land, in defiance of Evil. On the back of a dime, the bundle of sticks: united we stand. Remember the original: "When in the course of human events..." the unwelcome necessity of resistance or if necessary, turning the bucket over... We stand together or lose everything.
This kind of writing was never my original intent. I'm still figuring it out, but there is no hope for humanity without resistance now. Sadly, where resistance could be most effective is corrupt. The worst contributors to this crisis, and the ones who could actually make a profound change, refuse to do so. I know you know this. Confronting it is a serious and probably losing task, but I prefer to be on the right side of a dying cause, and faintly hoping I am proven wrong.
As usual, I thoroughly enjoy reading your enlightened thoughts. Speaking of media control, I wonder if the fascists plan to attack the internet with more price controls and censorship.
My good luck to speak here, all of our ability for free and fair expression on the internet is in jeopardy. It always has been and always will be. The advent of the printing press didn't set truth free, and obviously the promise of the internet didn't either. Human behavior is human behavior, a few always learning, but most falling well short of wisdom. It's profoundly disappointing. Thank you for your comment.