They're not handling this well because even though it seems like there's a lot of belief in the narrative, many people are squeezed tight economically.
If they wanted authoritarian power, they have to keep up the bread and circuses. Right now bread aka living expenses are pushing many to question leadership.
It boggles the mind that they're so cheap that they could stop homelessness for a fraction of the cost of bloated military spending. Doing things for the people would give them power to continue their bullshit vaporware plans. But then, they're not that smart, especially their brain trusts.
We know the predator class have underground bases but they know there's no guarantee that Earth will be fine after a few decades.
L. Fletcher Prouty says about this in his book, JFK: The CIA, Vietnam, and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy. Col. Prouty, as the book jacket notes, served as the chief of special operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Kennedy years. A retired colonel of the U.S. Air Force, he ran the global system designed to provide military support for the clandestine activities of the CIA from 1955 to 1964. Prouty writes on page xxv of the Preface:
"Furthermore, the series of so-called wars since 1945 were never fought to achieve victory. They were waged for dollars, with the generals in a supernumerary role...The few bona fide U.S. Armed Forces generals who were in Vietnam were limited to managing supporting activities of combat operations in Indochina. There was always an ambassador, and frequently a CIA agent--under the cover of a general--or both in superior positions. Such is the nature of these new, "make money" wars."
To back up your claim may I present to you exhibit A: The Golden Dome defense (surveillance) system.
Exhibit B: Starship and Mars colonization.
Exhibit C: EU chasing lost grandeur and status as a combined military power capable of taking on Russia and friends.
Maybe we are doomed to repeat all the mistakes of the past because we are (for now) in the hands of some truly insane individuals and organizations.
I'm betting on the old tricks and spell-casting not working for much longer. They only have a few more left in the bag and then time runs out for them. So far we have had to endure a severe case of 'new boss same as the old boss' and I'm afraid that's what we're being dished up yet again.
In my opinion, these tricks are what keeps the system going in its current form and any deviation towards a more rational, compassionate model would scupper the ship and we'd all go down with it. That said, I'm hearing rumblings (again) of new forms of energy production that would alleviate the fear that has been pushed for so long to do with energy and resource depletion. Again, this could be more Hopium sales to keep the awakening crowd in line and on board with the agenda. but what if it's true? What if the elite are simply milking the last drops of cheapish oil before unveiling the next paradigm?
Beyond that, we're being hammered with the AI scare stories (again). 'Any minute now' half of the workforce will become obsolete with no new jobs to go to. I can see a lot more people attempting to 'drop out' but having a really hard time with it. The rest of people in cities are far too plugged into the system to make such drastic life changes. They will cling onto the life support until the very end.
We are either going to push forward with their 'bullshit vaporware plans' until we hit a brick wall and everyone runs for the hills or... the parasitic old world order gets wiped out and replaced by a benevolent new world order that more or less manages things in a way that satisfies basic human desires.
That said, I don't think that's the way adaptation and survival of species works. Nature abhors stagnation. Nature branches out in new directions into new environments and establishes a foothold then attempts to grow to it's maximum potential until resources run out or another species becomes dominant.
I don't think 'the game' for humans has ever been to establish a steady state of existence beyond creating a launch platform for the next phase of exploratory activity. The goal is not more cafes with more people sipping lattes while claiming UBI. Or billions of EVs and drones running around delivering goods to every household. I don't see much exploratory or adaptive purpose in these activities other than developing autonomous machines.
Maybe we've become too soft as a species. We're more like domesticated pets now waiting for our masters to bring us a new blanket and sweet treat.
I don't think we will hit a hard limit like a brick wall.
The system that gives us the basics would work better without the old order. We don't need the upper classes to keep it running like we did in the past.
They have been building a turn key dystopia that could easily be flipped to utopia merely by cutting away the waste and stubborness of the upper classes who obsess over fantasies instead of practical production.
David Graeber's book bullshit jobs explains how much waste there is in jobs that merely exist to counter other useless jobs.
The AI issue is over hyped, perhaps to keep people afraid (and working harder).
The truth is that AI would only be useful to replace management and other bullshit jobs that require little thinking.
-allopathic medicine in which doctors just follow guidelines. At least people would be more skeptical of AI as the human factor of doctors give a false sense of awareness
-the finance industry who just crunch numbers and follow guidelines
-the political system which is always robotic, following trends and financial influence instead of the wishes of their constituents.
Include the judicial system where judges and lawyers regularly ignore the simple facts in favor of the circle jerk of formalities via legalese. They're blinded by their vernacular.
The peak oil issue is still debated. I'm not sure if it's true or not but I do feel glad that efficiency went up with cars, trucks, heating, electric lighting, etc.
The biggest consumer of oil is the military industry, particularly the United States which has bases all over the world as if it was still the age of empires of imperialism.
Cutting their fuel use would not only cut a huge hog of resources, it would reduce pollution.
It's inevitable as the age of empires is coming to an end with countries like China doing business with Africa etc instead of the intimidation and manipulation the West has done to them.
A) the dome defense and surveillance system makes no sense in a global capitalist world. Who are we defending ourselves from? It reminds me of the cold war which the Prouty quote basically explains as a war to keep people afraid of "them" in order to keep them supportive of the existing leadership and their systems.
B) Mars and space colonization makes no sense and even if it were possible, the energy and materials used to do this would eclipse anything that they could bring back home. But as we know, leadership is a bit clueless and probably think it would solve their rare metals dreams with are not only extreme but not needed.
I suspect it's hopium that would be used to justify extreme spending that goes to the same military industrial complex.
C) why would Europe need to fight any enemies in this day and age? Whatever Russia did stopped expanding once they covered the Russian speaking Eastern areas of Ukraine. However, Russia is complicit in hyping up the war in order to screw their own people and justify high energy prices in Europe which benefits both them and other energy providers.
"The system that gives us the basics would work better without the old order. We don't need the upper classes to keep it running like we did in the past."
Yes, I think that would be the best outcome. Unfortunately, I don't really think a decentralized, energy and resource independent world can exist. There will always be hierarchies and centralized control of these resources and the inevitable 'power' that comes with that control. Even the most benevolently designed systems become corrupt over time (or overnight) due to the usual human traits that come with the package (greed, narcissism, the left brain bias you mentioned, lack of wisdom as a species).
Again, utopia is not a solution. Idyllic lifestyles lead to stagnation and species weakness. We have outsourced physical traits to machines and now much of our mental activity is in the crosshairs. I won't split hairs over AI definitions. Call it what you will. Computer software is becoming more capable across many of the job sectors that you mentioned and that's where most of the population is employed (the bullshit jobs). Add something like trucking or customer service or assembly work and we're looking at some serious unemployment numbers.
The AI issue is overhyped because I also think it serves as a preamble to more control over people's lives in the same way that fake pandemics and nuclear war fears do. We have World Government Summits where these inbred cretins drool about these prospects openly without fear of repercussions because we live in Idiocracy.
The oil issue has become one of affordability. Prices too high for the customer too low for the producer. And the problem with efficiency is that the more efficient things become the more resources we use (Jevon's paradox).
America could cut back on a lot of their 'expeditionary forces' but some policing of the trade routes is always necessary.
I think a lot of what China is doing is simply following the economic paradigm that was foisted on them by the central bankers. It may seem benevolent for now but I suspect they will be struggling to keep up appearances for much longer.
The Dome Defense system could just be another boondoggle to keep the US economy afloat. The usual deterrents seem to have lost their 'shine.' Maybe they were just another ruse after all?
We can't even colonize Siberia or Antarctica. More than half of Spain is empty for crying out loud!
I do think we have orbital weapons platforms with rods that can simulate nuclear attacks. I also think they are not invincible so much like the Golden Dome and competing AI projects it's all stupid one-upmanship that leads to unnecessary conflict.
I think all the big players are on the same page and they follow orders from central command. They play their roles of saviors and antichrists sometimes switching roles mid way, sometimes bowing out to be replaced with a more feisty or more palatable contender, but always moving the agenda forward.
Assassinations and decapitation strikes are high on the menu. Something along these lines would obviously lead to escalation between the major powers and potentially a vacuum that gets filled by BRICS and friends OR a revamped US.
The economy drops but it's mainly hitting those that profited from the past few decades of ridiculous gains in the markets.
I understand workers have money in the markets but it's a small fraction of their income and assets compared to the upper classes.
I agree that we need a centralized system for energy and trade. I see mixed systems where other things are decentralized.
As for utopia, I don't mean the one size fits all from Brave New World etc.
Some of what Scandinavia has works well.
They found that those who weren't working or had little hours still had initiative to do something productive, whether personal hobbies or volunteer work.
The key is that they got the basics and not sub standard things like Western democracies give to their poor and unemployed.
The idea that idle hands lead to weakness is a fallacy and is based on bad studies not unlike the Milgram and Rat Park experiments.
As for war, assassinations have been happening for a long time. Libya was obliterated and Russia/China/BRICS did almost nothing. Same with Syria and the NATO horror in Yugoslavia.
BRICS disappointed me when a single nation, Brazil, was able to block the entry of Venezuela.
It's the same exact crap the UN allows for where we see single vetos regularly block what the majority of nations agree to.
But I haven't lost hope. These days I see that the fake versions of the truth are exposing the corruption. It's a slow process but we have realized more in the last few years than the decades before.
Remember how people thought the war on terror was justifiable?
Remember how the huge increase in housing prices was interpreted as a good thing instead of inflation?
The truth might be late but it's quicker than it used to be back then.
The time spread from a manipulation to people calling it out is becoming shorter and shorter.
Agreed on all points except maybe the Scandinavia thing. They have a relatively small population and they got lucky with geothermal. If the larger nations had similar metrics they would probably exhibit similar conditions.
On Venezuela, most of my neighbors had to shut down their businesses and return to Spain due to the oppressive conditions there. Maybe there's a reason others don't want Venezuela in its present state to join their club.
"As for war, assassinations have been happening for a long time."
Yes and they have changed the course of history drastically. I also wonder how many patent holders have been knocked off and blueprints for cheap energy systems confiscated just so the parasites can put a meter on everything we use.
Scandinavia also doesn't waste 50% of their budget and resources on a military.
We are lied to about inflation and limited resources.
Venezuela is in a poor condition because of the sanctions of the west.
If BRICS was truly an alternative, it would allow them in. That would help them to recover and they offer one of the biggest oil reserves. Again, they're blocked by the west and now BRICS.
You are pointing out that they got rejected because of their issues but the fact stands that it was only Brazil that stopped it. If they were truly concerned with democracy, they would have respected the wishes of the other members to let them in.
I'm not sure about free energy because if it were possible, why haven't the plans been duplicated? If anything, in the stories that I've read it's quite odd that after confiscation of plans, somehow the creators cannot recreate it nor give information on the key that helped them make it work.
I'm still open to it, but so far I've not seen proper testing that measures energy in and energy out. If energy out is bigger than energy in, it's free energy or some source that we don't understand yet.
They're not handling this well because even though it seems like there's a lot of belief in the narrative, many people are squeezed tight economically.
If they wanted authoritarian power, they have to keep up the bread and circuses. Right now bread aka living expenses are pushing many to question leadership.
It boggles the mind that they're so cheap that they could stop homelessness for a fraction of the cost of bloated military spending. Doing things for the people would give them power to continue their bullshit vaporware plans. But then, they're not that smart, especially their brain trusts.
https://robc137.substack.com/p/left-brain-vs-whole-brain-in-battlestar
They also have the wrong data about humanity. We are not what their rigged experiments say.
https://robc137.substack.com/p/the-milgram-experiment-and-how-we
Re: nuclear war
We know the predator class have underground bases but they know there's no guarantee that Earth will be fine after a few decades.
L. Fletcher Prouty says about this in his book, JFK: The CIA, Vietnam, and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy. Col. Prouty, as the book jacket notes, served as the chief of special operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Kennedy years. A retired colonel of the U.S. Air Force, he ran the global system designed to provide military support for the clandestine activities of the CIA from 1955 to 1964. Prouty writes on page xxv of the Preface:
"Furthermore, the series of so-called wars since 1945 were never fought to achieve victory. They were waged for dollars, with the generals in a supernumerary role...The few bona fide U.S. Armed Forces generals who were in Vietnam were limited to managing supporting activities of combat operations in Indochina. There was always an ambassador, and frequently a CIA agent--under the cover of a general--or both in superior positions. Such is the nature of these new, "make money" wars."
Interesting as always Rob!
To back up your claim may I present to you exhibit A: The Golden Dome defense (surveillance) system.
Exhibit B: Starship and Mars colonization.
Exhibit C: EU chasing lost grandeur and status as a combined military power capable of taking on Russia and friends.
Maybe we are doomed to repeat all the mistakes of the past because we are (for now) in the hands of some truly insane individuals and organizations.
I'm betting on the old tricks and spell-casting not working for much longer. They only have a few more left in the bag and then time runs out for them. So far we have had to endure a severe case of 'new boss same as the old boss' and I'm afraid that's what we're being dished up yet again.
In my opinion, these tricks are what keeps the system going in its current form and any deviation towards a more rational, compassionate model would scupper the ship and we'd all go down with it. That said, I'm hearing rumblings (again) of new forms of energy production that would alleviate the fear that has been pushed for so long to do with energy and resource depletion. Again, this could be more Hopium sales to keep the awakening crowd in line and on board with the agenda. but what if it's true? What if the elite are simply milking the last drops of cheapish oil before unveiling the next paradigm?
Beyond that, we're being hammered with the AI scare stories (again). 'Any minute now' half of the workforce will become obsolete with no new jobs to go to. I can see a lot more people attempting to 'drop out' but having a really hard time with it. The rest of people in cities are far too plugged into the system to make such drastic life changes. They will cling onto the life support until the very end.
We are either going to push forward with their 'bullshit vaporware plans' until we hit a brick wall and everyone runs for the hills or... the parasitic old world order gets wiped out and replaced by a benevolent new world order that more or less manages things in a way that satisfies basic human desires.
That said, I don't think that's the way adaptation and survival of species works. Nature abhors stagnation. Nature branches out in new directions into new environments and establishes a foothold then attempts to grow to it's maximum potential until resources run out or another species becomes dominant.
I don't think 'the game' for humans has ever been to establish a steady state of existence beyond creating a launch platform for the next phase of exploratory activity. The goal is not more cafes with more people sipping lattes while claiming UBI. Or billions of EVs and drones running around delivering goods to every household. I don't see much exploratory or adaptive purpose in these activities other than developing autonomous machines.
Maybe we've become too soft as a species. We're more like domesticated pets now waiting for our masters to bring us a new blanket and sweet treat.
I don't think we will hit a hard limit like a brick wall.
The system that gives us the basics would work better without the old order. We don't need the upper classes to keep it running like we did in the past.
They have been building a turn key dystopia that could easily be flipped to utopia merely by cutting away the waste and stubborness of the upper classes who obsess over fantasies instead of practical production.
David Graeber's book bullshit jobs explains how much waste there is in jobs that merely exist to counter other useless jobs.
The AI issue is over hyped, perhaps to keep people afraid (and working harder).
The truth is that AI would only be useful to replace management and other bullshit jobs that require little thinking.
-allopathic medicine in which doctors just follow guidelines. At least people would be more skeptical of AI as the human factor of doctors give a false sense of awareness
-the finance industry who just crunch numbers and follow guidelines
-the political system which is always robotic, following trends and financial influence instead of the wishes of their constituents.
Include the judicial system where judges and lawyers regularly ignore the simple facts in favor of the circle jerk of formalities via legalese. They're blinded by their vernacular.
https://iainmcgilchrist.substack.com/p/metaphors-can-make-you-blind
The peak oil issue is still debated. I'm not sure if it's true or not but I do feel glad that efficiency went up with cars, trucks, heating, electric lighting, etc.
The biggest consumer of oil is the military industry, particularly the United States which has bases all over the world as if it was still the age of empires of imperialism.
Cutting their fuel use would not only cut a huge hog of resources, it would reduce pollution.
It's inevitable as the age of empires is coming to an end with countries like China doing business with Africa etc instead of the intimidation and manipulation the West has done to them.
A) the dome defense and surveillance system makes no sense in a global capitalist world. Who are we defending ourselves from? It reminds me of the cold war which the Prouty quote basically explains as a war to keep people afraid of "them" in order to keep them supportive of the existing leadership and their systems.
B) Mars and space colonization makes no sense and even if it were possible, the energy and materials used to do this would eclipse anything that they could bring back home. But as we know, leadership is a bit clueless and probably think it would solve their rare metals dreams with are not only extreme but not needed.
I suspect it's hopium that would be used to justify extreme spending that goes to the same military industrial complex.
C) why would Europe need to fight any enemies in this day and age? Whatever Russia did stopped expanding once they covered the Russian speaking Eastern areas of Ukraine. However, Russia is complicit in hyping up the war in order to screw their own people and justify high energy prices in Europe which benefits both them and other energy providers.
"I don't think we will hit a hard limit like a brick wall."
No, probably not... we might be looking at a steady decline over the next 10 years...
https://ourfiniteworld.com/2025/05/27/economic-contraction-coming-right-up/
"The system that gives us the basics would work better without the old order. We don't need the upper classes to keep it running like we did in the past."
Yes, I think that would be the best outcome. Unfortunately, I don't really think a decentralized, energy and resource independent world can exist. There will always be hierarchies and centralized control of these resources and the inevitable 'power' that comes with that control. Even the most benevolently designed systems become corrupt over time (or overnight) due to the usual human traits that come with the package (greed, narcissism, the left brain bias you mentioned, lack of wisdom as a species).
Again, utopia is not a solution. Idyllic lifestyles lead to stagnation and species weakness. We have outsourced physical traits to machines and now much of our mental activity is in the crosshairs. I won't split hairs over AI definitions. Call it what you will. Computer software is becoming more capable across many of the job sectors that you mentioned and that's where most of the population is employed (the bullshit jobs). Add something like trucking or customer service or assembly work and we're looking at some serious unemployment numbers.
The AI issue is overhyped because I also think it serves as a preamble to more control over people's lives in the same way that fake pandemics and nuclear war fears do. We have World Government Summits where these inbred cretins drool about these prospects openly without fear of repercussions because we live in Idiocracy.
The oil issue has become one of affordability. Prices too high for the customer too low for the producer. And the problem with efficiency is that the more efficient things become the more resources we use (Jevon's paradox).
America could cut back on a lot of their 'expeditionary forces' but some policing of the trade routes is always necessary.
I think a lot of what China is doing is simply following the economic paradigm that was foisted on them by the central bankers. It may seem benevolent for now but I suspect they will be struggling to keep up appearances for much longer.
The Dome Defense system could just be another boondoggle to keep the US economy afloat. The usual deterrents seem to have lost their 'shine.' Maybe they were just another ruse after all?
We can't even colonize Siberia or Antarctica. More than half of Spain is empty for crying out loud!
I do think we have orbital weapons platforms with rods that can simulate nuclear attacks. I also think they are not invincible so much like the Golden Dome and competing AI projects it's all stupid one-upmanship that leads to unnecessary conflict.
I think all the big players are on the same page and they follow orders from central command. They play their roles of saviors and antichrists sometimes switching roles mid way, sometimes bowing out to be replaced with a more feisty or more palatable contender, but always moving the agenda forward.
Assassinations and decapitation strikes are high on the menu. Something along these lines would obviously lead to escalation between the major powers and potentially a vacuum that gets filled by BRICS and friends OR a revamped US.
The economy drops but it's mainly hitting those that profited from the past few decades of ridiculous gains in the markets.
I understand workers have money in the markets but it's a small fraction of their income and assets compared to the upper classes.
I agree that we need a centralized system for energy and trade. I see mixed systems where other things are decentralized.
As for utopia, I don't mean the one size fits all from Brave New World etc.
Some of what Scandinavia has works well.
They found that those who weren't working or had little hours still had initiative to do something productive, whether personal hobbies or volunteer work.
The key is that they got the basics and not sub standard things like Western democracies give to their poor and unemployed.
The idea that idle hands lead to weakness is a fallacy and is based on bad studies not unlike the Milgram and Rat Park experiments.
https://robc137.substack.com/p/the-milgram-experiment-and-how-we
As for war, assassinations have been happening for a long time. Libya was obliterated and Russia/China/BRICS did almost nothing. Same with Syria and the NATO horror in Yugoslavia.
BRICS disappointed me when a single nation, Brazil, was able to block the entry of Venezuela.
It's the same exact crap the UN allows for where we see single vetos regularly block what the majority of nations agree to.
But I haven't lost hope. These days I see that the fake versions of the truth are exposing the corruption. It's a slow process but we have realized more in the last few years than the decades before.
Remember how people thought the war on terror was justifiable?
Remember how the huge increase in housing prices was interpreted as a good thing instead of inflation?
The truth might be late but it's quicker than it used to be back then.
The time spread from a manipulation to people calling it out is becoming shorter and shorter.
Agreed on all points except maybe the Scandinavia thing. They have a relatively small population and they got lucky with geothermal. If the larger nations had similar metrics they would probably exhibit similar conditions.
On Venezuela, most of my neighbors had to shut down their businesses and return to Spain due to the oppressive conditions there. Maybe there's a reason others don't want Venezuela in its present state to join their club.
"As for war, assassinations have been happening for a long time."
Yes and they have changed the course of history drastically. I also wonder how many patent holders have been knocked off and blueprints for cheap energy systems confiscated just so the parasites can put a meter on everything we use.
Scandinavia also doesn't waste 50% of their budget and resources on a military.
We are lied to about inflation and limited resources.
Venezuela is in a poor condition because of the sanctions of the west.
If BRICS was truly an alternative, it would allow them in. That would help them to recover and they offer one of the biggest oil reserves. Again, they're blocked by the west and now BRICS.
You are pointing out that they got rejected because of their issues but the fact stands that it was only Brazil that stopped it. If they were truly concerned with democracy, they would have respected the wishes of the other members to let them in.
I'm not sure about free energy because if it were possible, why haven't the plans been duplicated? If anything, in the stories that I've read it's quite odd that after confiscation of plans, somehow the creators cannot recreate it nor give information on the key that helped them make it work.
I'm still open to it, but so far I've not seen proper testing that measures energy in and energy out. If energy out is bigger than energy in, it's free energy or some source that we don't understand yet.