#crisis

kuchinster@hub.hubzilla.de

About American exceptionalism

How ‘the mother of all bubbles’ will pop

But every hero has a fatal flaw. America’s is its sharply increasing addiction to government debt. My calculations suggest it now takes nearly $2 of new government debt to generate an additional $1 of US GDP growth — a 50 per cent increase on just five years ago. If any other country were spending this way, investors would be fleeing, but for now, they think America can get away with anything, as the world’s leading economy and issuer of the reserve currency.

https://www.ft.com/content/9a0da0d6-92b4-4034-ac25-7b4abcbb0bbe

#USA #US #american #economics #bubble-economy #finance #crisis #future in #poverty

Arrogance always faces punishment.

anonymiss@despora.de

#Humanity ushered in the end of mammalian dominance.

They do not use the planet's resources to sustainably expand their dominance, but only in the short term and only for their species and to allow their livestock to grow disproportionately.

In doing so, they destroy the necessary diversity and foundations of resilience that are able to cope with natural and self-induced changes.

They destroy both the basic biomass and the diversity on which it was based. All species are being decimated or have already been wiped out.

Instead, they use the resources for consumption, vanity, comfort and even worse for senseless wars.

We are leaving young people a completely destroyed, heated planet that will become a dance on a volcano for them.


The image above was created with the help of #AI. I didn't want to endanger a real teenager for a photo. Why am I using an image at all for my #warnings to humanity? You are the reason because you only like and share what has a picture and ignore text.


#future #earth #Problem #youth #society #mankind #climate #change #crisis #emissions #co2 #heat #politics #war #capitalism #economy #resources #warning #danger

anonymiss@despora.de

Take a breath – look within,
witness all the wonders spin,
that Christmas spirit sends:
Reflective Advent!

Candle glow, holiday cheer,
Winter magic, snowflakes near,
hopeful light that ascends:
Transcendent Advent!

Spending time together, close,
giving joy – a sweet disclose,
Christmas carols blend and blend:
Joyful Advent!

Grateful for the good we find,
reaching out, connecting minds,
bridging gaps and making amends:
Reconciling Advent!


I want nothing more than peace on earth. There have always been too many refugees and there are more every day. Don't let them drown or bleed to death in the barbed wire of the border fences. Let us as humanity try to preserve our living space and not waste our last resources in senseless inhumane wars. Even without wars, the crises are so numerous that we can only overcome them together. We will only have a common future if we distribute wealth fairly and prevent billionaires.


#Christmas #wish #poem #peace #earth #world #politics #nature #environment #future #humanity #humanrights #refugees #problem #crisis #together

anonymiss@despora.de

How slow warnings, poor defences left #Spain exposed to deadly floods

Source: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/spains-flood-disaster-was-its-worst-recent-history-heres-what-went-wrong-2024-11-09/

I always find it particularly bitter when corrupt politicians are so lazy that they don't even care about human lives and prefer to blame others after the disaster in order to keep their lucrative office for which they are obviously unsuitable.

#crisis #flood #responsibility #weather #disaster #politics #crime #humanrights #Problem #justice

anonymiss@despora.de
anonymiss@despora.de

"In their #moral #justification, the #argument of the lesser evil has played a prominent role. If you are confronted with two evils, the argument runs, it is your duty to opt for the lesser one, whereas it is irresponsible to refuse to choose altogether. Its weakness has always been that those who #choose the lesser evil forget quickly that they chose #evil." - #HannahArendt

#quote #wisdom #society #politics #Democracy #World #Problem #future #crisis #humanrights

nowisthetime@pod.automat.click

THE #BRICS’ VERSION OF #GLOBALONEY

Source: gizadeathstar.com

After this promising anti-Globaloneyist start, we then take the plunge into the document, whose contents can be summarized by quoting the section headers of the article:

BRICS supports “ #global #governance” and “the central role of the United Nations in the international system”

BRICS supports the leading role of the IMF in global finance

BRICS supports the #2030 #Agenda for Sustainable Development

BRICS supports public-private partnerships to help nations achieve their Sustainable Development Goals

(And just for the records, that " #public-private partnerships" lingo is the latest euphemism for mercantilism and #fascism.)

BRICS supports the reduction and removal of greenhouse gases to combat climate change

(Get a new tune, guys, this one is old... and #nonsense.)

BRICS supports the creation of carbon markets

(Financialize a faked #crisis! #How original!)

BRICS supports the World Health Organization and its “central coordinating role” in strengthening “the international pandemic prevention, preparedness and response system”

BRICS supports the development of safe & effective vaccines

On and on it goes, until it ends with this entirely predictable bit of globaloneybabble (the official, and officious, language of Globaloneyism) and boilerplate about sustainability and all the other usual feel-good catch phrases:

Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security vs Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet

The article ends by noting that there is not "a dime's worth of difference between them", the "them" being BRICS and the G20:
The theme of this year’s BRICS summit was “Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security”. I think we all understand why BRICS chose this theme—because it is very meaningful and profound.

In sharp contrast, the G20 (which includes the USA and many other Unipolar Satanic West nations) will be meeting next month in Rio de Janeiro to discuss “Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet”.

The contrast could not be more extreme. Like day and night.
Color me... not surprised. But I rather suspect that the meaning of the article is rather different than that which most people will give it. The meaning that most people will give it is simply that one all-powerful cabal of the superich, technocrats, apparatchiks, banksters and their ever-present lackeys - corrupt politicians - are all one big conspiracy goose-stepping in complete lock step and total coordination to the ultimate and irresistible goal of a global (and very tyrannical) government.

Well, no doubt about it: any global government will be tyrannical simply due to its sheer size, and therefore, it's sheer disconnect from local realities. If you think the current malodor emanating from Swampington, DC is bad, you have yet to smell the real rot and stink of corruption on a global government scale.

And, I would aver, that sheer size will also mean the inevitable collapse and failure of any such government. Indeed, the Swamp is what one gets when (1) power becomes centralized and (2) that power in turn is monopolized by one faction or another.

It's that all important second stage that we're in now: the mechanisms of centralization are there, and have been since the end of the Second World War. But who is going to be the dominate faction monopolizing them is as yet unclear.

And that brings me to the point I made years ago on George Ann Hughes's show, and which I think needs to be reiterated here once again, and in specific reference to this article: mere parallel of language does not mean agreement.

All the capi at the #Mafia table will wear similar rings, smoke similar cigars, dress in similar well-tailored attire, and "speak the same language." But they, like Mr. Globaloney with all his superich technocrats, politicians, and banksters, remain criminals, and the enterprise and project which they are all busily engaged in is a criminal enterprise.

It is a racket.

And as they draw closer to the finish line, the inevitable temptation of humanity begins to set in, and the factional divisions and pressures increase, until open fighting for control of the whole shebang sets in.

Rest assured that behind all the flowery language, all the old geopolitical tensions and national self-interests are still in play.

The only thing that could possibly threaten that conference table of Mafia capi that is Mr. Globaloney is some external threat. In that case, best to make the language and appearance of unity all the stronger... but the fissures wil remain.

In this respect it is intriguing to note that, amid all the flowery language about sustainability and globaloneyism, not one word - not one word - is said about how to integrate all the militaries of those member nations.

Gee, fancy that: none of the dons at the table want to surrender their own enforcers... as the goal draws nearer, those enforcers become more, and not less, critical. After all, you want your faction to be the strongest, and most influential, and if possible, the one in control.

See you on the flip side...

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

Cancel This #Podcast with Thomas Sheridan - May 4th, 2024

#ThomasSheridan is an Author, filmmaker, Alternative Folklorist, and Satirist who has spent a life from Wall Street to the Jungles of South Asia attempting to discover the emerging—often elusive—mythology of modern humans within the present technology-saturated era. Heavily inspired by the work of Carl Jung, Bruno Bettelheim, and Joseph Campbell, Thomas Sheridan has developed ‘Monomythic’ tool kits—which draw upon all the mythologies of the world.

He is interviewed by comedian and storyteller, #AidanKillian on the #world we #love #today, starting with the #TuathadeDanann & #Fomorians all the way up the #crisis we face today as a #humanity.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=uL3c8Q3KkVo

kuchinster@hub.hubzilla.de

On the decline of empire, with historical parallels

The grand experiment that began in 1776 will come to an end, as all once-great nations do. The US will continue to exist, but as a shadow of its former self, in the manner of the failed empires before it.

https://internationalman.com/articles/national-fire-sale/

#USA #US #american #warmongers #debt #economy #Western #management #capitalism #fail #collapse #crisis #poverty #history

Fools are always punished by history because they don't learn it.

anonymiss@despora.de

The #Heat #Crisis Is a #Housing Crisis

"Humble told me that we talk about how sharply smoking increases lung cancer risks, up to 3,000 percent according to #government statistics. But, he added, “being #homeless increases your chance of dying from heat in Phoenix by 50,000 percent.”

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/climate/the-heat-crisis-is-a-housing-crisis.html

#health #humanrights #politics #environment #earth #emissions #climate #economy #fail #justice #news