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I upvoted you. Objectively speaking, we are at a juncture in time where People need to think and act from the perspective of allegiance to economic opportunity
by quietthrow 6y ago
I upvoted you.
Objectively speaking, we are at a juncture in time where People need to think and act from the perspective of allegiance to economic opportunity rather than arbitrary geographies (called nations). This kind of thinking leads to non violent approach of forming groups of people on a given geography rather than a violent approach that is bred by nations and patriotism. It’s time to consider moving out of US may be. Smaller countries are better managed. They are poised to act fast and the higher degree of homogeneity (in thinking) helps with policies, laws etc. making the govt actually able to do things for its citizens rather than form factions along party lines and paralyze the system. The chaos monkey is just a symptom not the root problem. And so long as the root problem remains unaddressed there will be more monkeys and I would say worse than this one. He has set the bar for what presidents can do which mean other politicians with see it as it’s ok to use tactics like his over time this becomes the norm and only to be one broken by even worse monkeys in their efforts to “stray from the normal”. As a result the normal just keeps degrading.
In the end we get the govt and politicians we deserve. The system that has morphed in the US for its citizens is quite worse. The masses are so busy they are merely citizens Trying to meet ends with their busy lives and can’t perform active citizenry which is critical for democracy. Between school,children and work there is very little personal time let alone be an active citizen. The youth is somewhat detached from the reality of the corrosive system of govt working from them because they mostly don’t feel the direct consequences of an inept govt system as their needs are somewhat less than middle aged masses. The older folk are just pissed at what they see and become one issue voters. So the people who actually have the time to vote are voting for very specific issues. This breeds politicians that cater to these voters and what you get is a political body that caters to and operates on extreme positions of left and right rather a more centrist or moderate approach. All in all there are too many structural issues from years of “corrosion“.
As with most changes in history the catalyst for big change is usually natural disasters and wars. Technology advances to play a role too. Covid is one of those power shifting natural disasters. The shift will be gradual an not a sudden as spectacular as a building being demolished. The citizens are like frogs being boiled alive. Most don’t realize what’s happening right under given the slow degradation with small flares here and there thst grab their attention but not big enough to muster any energy to drive change.
- jonahbenton 6y agoThank you. Agree COVID is a catalyst for global change, probably only the first of many more to come. I expect climate to continue to present more systemic challenges in the coming years and decades. And I don't expect the collective "us" whatever that collective is to get "it" right in response to COVID. I am still an advocate and supporter of rule of law rather than rule of man, and recognize that many of the issues Chaos Monkey is finding have to do with scale and the legal and administrative equivalent of technical debt. I like solving for scale and debt problems and while we are in a real shitstorm now, we also have millions of us triage agents working to bring back rationality and accountability. Our day to plan and rebuild will come. Cheers.