sober Sonday, a thinkers poast.

I’m gonna open this with someone else’s work. Some of y’uns may already follow her and if so, this is old hat ferya. DO watch the whole of it, even if ya find something you don’t agree with (A point I disagree with will be dealt with below)

Those that have been here awhile-ish know my ‘standard’ living arrangement: semi-offgrid☆, self sufficient, provide for your needs so you are able to provide for others. I lean towards service orientation in my skillsets. My mindset is ‘if you are dependent on everyone/thing else, you arent able to provide for others’ or ‘take care of number one so number one can take care of others’.

and y’all know I am a Seeker. Always looking for the ULTIMATE TRUTHS about Life, the universe and everything. (I believe they were once called philosophers,,,lmao)

PatriotNurse spells it out in the first minutr or so: The paradigm you know? Forget it, thats dying. Look backwards for the path forward.

Where she and I disagree is that the labor market is gonna get wiped out by AI. And there is a mushy grey area in that disagreement. The labor market “as we know it”,, yeah, thats gonna take a hit, especially when it comes to management and desk jobs. Hard, hands on, in the dirt stuff? Not so much. There is a large portion of our FUSA society that are gonna be left in the dust and confused while they watch guys like me flourish.

and they are gonna get MAD.

They are gonna get pissed when all the promises of Goverment dry up, and start looking for someone to blame (and they NEVER look at the real problem child! )

And we are already seeing Rule of Law getting sidelined,,,,

i don’t know what our future holds, as a people or as a nation; but history says this nation is, IS! on the ropes. Our currency situation and the growing diaspora from the petrodollar, despite our GOVs efforts to rein it in (which seems only to spur the diaspora more) with the conflict in the Persian Gulf and other actions.(and I believe that whole Persian Gulf fiasco is part and parcel of a dying currency/empire spurred by certain banking Cartels,,, but Hey, I’m the Conspiracy nut, right?)

And I haven’t even mentioned the ‘barbarians inside the walls’ thing. It all adds up if you take only a few minutes to connect the dots. Rural is gonna be fine, though it might be touch and go for awhile as the adjustment takes place (growing seasons don’t follow societal collapse scenarios) Urban life is gonna take on whole new meanings, and I don’t even want to think about the metropoli where people live in towers and packed in like rats. I do not see the ‘golden hordes’ of many popular stories, but I do see serious breakdown of social order and warlords become the ‘new mayor’ so to speak. Think Zimbabwe or similar, on a micro localized format.

globally cheap energy is going away, and not for the reasons once cited. They aren’t gone: but they are going to become scarce due to dueliing governments and the global trade routes becoming war zones. Just as the robber barons of yore collected wealth and power, the world powers are using energy. The carbon footprint and gorebalwarmening coolingclimatechange hulabaloo are tools they use to sway populi to their whims. And further thier taxation efforts

and the wheels come off at some point, and we never ever learn as a species.

PN mentions the coming times will look like preWW1, The Terminator, and Roman collapse, all rolled into a nasty shit pastry (elaborated by me) the Terminator part,,, I have reservations on that prognostication. Yes, AI and drones are reaching new highs in sophistry, but they have a serious achilles heel: power. And the infrastructure won’t support that level of sophistication without a really big jump in tech/power ratios. We are at the 7Nm wall of development in chip technology. And Quantum computing is, so far, still very much in the basement and not yet portable. Power storage needs to take another great leap forward as well. At least if that machine Master of the Terminator were to become more than ‘just’ prophecy. In other words, there is still and will be a HUMAN behind all of the horrors if it even looks remotely “Terminator”.

But use of drones in warfare has taken us well past the wars of yore. Things become much more surgical and that lends to more and worse effects. The travesties of WW2 will pale in light of what may come. And in many ways, already do. That ‘boots on ground’ troops are so easily defeated by a single group working remotely: the evolution of how we kill each other has reached new lows.

Ok, Ok Dio,,, you’re running the depression narrative again,,,

Well, sorta. I needed that opening to give you a good whomp on the rear to look at things, so you can see OTHER things in clear light.

So what is really going on? Fact be, world powers, of the old skool nature, much like those that ran the whole Cold War era, are dying. And the crap we are seeing is very much reckless grabbing at what they think will keep them afloat. I firmly believe that Russia and China have seen the writing on the wall. Russia has made no overt moves to storm the European penninsula: their efforts in Ukraine are to mostly retain a warm water port for year round global shipping, and yes, for year round Militant Naval stuff. There was also mention by Putin that the Donbass is originally Russian Territory (see below concerning China) But they aren’t making noise about conquering the world. Can same be said for the FUSA? And I could list many things/actions that ARE saying such, even ifthe words don’t match.

And China? China is one of those empires that flares and dies with a regularity. Ancient back further then the Roman Empire; even Ancient Persia had records of trade routes to China and those empires of that time. The whole stink with China and Taiwan goes back to ancient maps, not political intrigue. Granted, the Taiwanese might say otherwise as they have a more western type government running things and don’t wanna give that up.

And Iran? Similar history as that of China. Conquered many times, but every time, the conquerer was eventually absorbed into Persian Culture and the whole she-bang began again. The culture remains, even under the mullahs.

The superpowers are pulling things in tight, with one exception. Nationalism in many places is taking off despite the Socialist/Communist speals against it. The WEF and SOROS crowds blew Their wad early (or, if you consider the information age, they missed the boat.)and things for them are falling apart.

Even the Oligarchs are in for a shock, and this I see on a daily basis here and there. People are sick of the Modern Day robber Barons, but this time around, we have all of this beautiful information at our fingertips, even despite the algorithm trying to suppress REAL information. (Click bait used to be sorta funnly, Like getting RickRolled. NOW, its become a business model. Patriot Nurse discussed this in the above video.)

People are sick of working the 9-5 for a gold watch and a pension that was designed before the Great Depression. People are more and more choosing to work on THEIR terms and screw the after effects. Some of those may be Unlicensed Pharmacists, some might be Mechanics that saw the direction the big Makers are taking and walked away with thier pride that they aren’t a part of that problem. I see in some Doctor types, opening private practice for a select group (Concierge Docs.) or opening a small area type clinic setup, removed from the SICK CARE SYSTEM. Or how about that guy, the Geeky one that likes playing with 3D printers and other stuff, the one that has FedEx and UPS showing up twice daily morning and eve? That guy is gettting his materials to work, then shipping them out later in the day and his entire business is spread GLOBALLY. Think he wants to go back to working for the Robber Barons? He’ll hire their services for his needs (delivery services) but tell them to Fuck Off! for anything else.

Everything is Changing, EVERYTHING.

Look to the Past for the map to the future, but keep the clues of current tech for your declination changes.

I’ll have more about silly stuff like RMH/BatchMass heaters, and more specifically, WHY you may see them become a feature, not something the oddball hermit does. (yes, I am going to do a hard sell on them,, )

☆ Semi-offgrid: I still use the grocery store for my food source. I have not YET started a garden/livestock scenario, though this year has me considering Chickens and a couple raised bed options.

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