American Psychosis - Chris Hedges
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I remember sharing this on on Facebook a while back. Seems like this has been getting more apparent since at least 2015, probably even as early as 2008.
This is what it looks like when peace-time kleptocrats start to really fail at their job (the high school popular kids who are good at being popular and miserable at handling any kind of real emergency or anything that needs to make effective contact with reality). Still the world goes on despite them.
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This is what it looks like when peace-time kleptocrats start to really fail at their job (the high school popular kids who are good at being popular and miserable at handling any kind of real emergency or anything that needs to make effective contact with reality). Still the world goes on despite them.
It goes back way further than 2008, I think. We've been in a downward spiral sine the Reagan years, although it's pick up speed the last 20 years.
Yes, very few have a good handle on the reality we're facing because it seems unimaginable and nobody wants to face it. My own family thinks I'm crazy when I talk about these issues.
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To most people Darwinian game theory is a weird / fringe idea. If you're not one of those people it gets a bit easier to follow.
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To most people Darwinian game theory is a weird / fringe idea. If you're not one of those people it gets a bit easier to follow.
I wonder if people on the autism spectrum are better equipped to understanding the issue, since many of us have little to no chance of ever fitting in and we have been brutalized by "normal" society.
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I think that's a large part of it - ie. if the 'rules' don't apply to you then you get a better look at what the actual rules probably are.
Another Chris Hedges discussion that underscores the above:
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I think that's a large part of it - ie. if the 'rules' don't apply to you then you get a better look at what the actual rules probably are.
Another Chris Hedges discussion that underscores the above:
Precisely!
I'll check that video out later, thanks for posting it.
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I did see that JD video. I have immense respect for Chris Hedges for his work at Rutgers. These inmates can make a big difference having a better understanding of the rot that infects the system. It gives me some hope for the future.
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I think what NTs are better at is being individually optimistic, meaning: the world might go to hell, but I will work hard and watch the world go to hell from the window of ... my condo on mars.
what's lacking is class-consciousness. If you have to work for a living, you're working class, and you will be f****d together with everyone else in the working class. You might as well give up your retirement plans and organize, -but it seems everyone else seems to think they can retire on mars amd watch the world go to hell....
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Or make sure that bunkers in New Zealand are rendered absolutely worthless in some way. If they either can't hide while the world burns or can't stay alive without our blessing and it's made obvious - then we're okay. If they can break off and stay safe while everyone else isn't - they have less reason to worry about investing. Will a few virtuous billionaires hold the feet of the others to the fire? I'd rather they not be forced to, better if other classes have some kind of collateral that can't be revoked and that could be pulled if they get the wrong idea about the value of human life.
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