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       #Post#: 1660--------------------------------------------------
       mental masterbation
       By: K-Dog Date: November 14, 2021, 9:22 pm
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       Well that is the truth.  Nothing against Chris personalty, he is
       only one of many.  If you want the VIP room experience and jerk
       off in style you can become a PATREON.
       Seriously, it is mental ****.  I know of Dr. Martenson from his
       videos about peak oil issues and I consider what he did with PO
       educational.  But Chris has a shtick and we all know it.
       So I watched this video with the sole intent to observe how
       Chris plays his game.  How he convinces you he has a genuine
       esoteric message.  Chris is very smooth.
       [emoji897] [emoji897] [emoji897] [emoji897]
       #Post#: 1669--------------------------------------------------
       Re: mental masterbation
       By: K-Dog Date: November 15, 2021, 5:57 pm
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       No Chris is not the only one.  Chris is one of many.  I have
       been watching the persuasion game for a while because by
       understanding it I know what people are really up to.
       Chris has a style where he takes great pains to set up trust.
       Then he begins to build a scaffold using truths he has twisted
       into a desired shape.  From that point the rube feels he is
       being intellectually stimulated and a Patreon membership might
       result.  The rube says some more please.
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       Real intellectual stimulation means going down the rabbit hole
       yourself.  You watch a dude like Chris FOR FREE only for an
       orientation.  Then you investigate the situation yourself.  You
       have the same tools Chris does.
       Except for the famous people he says he knows.  Which is fine,
       you don't need them.
       #Post#: 1671--------------------------------------------------
       Re: mental masterbation
       By: monsta666 Date: November 15, 2021, 7:11 pm
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       Chris Martenson's Crash Course book/series of YouTube videos is
       actually pretty good and breaks down the issues of collapse
       quite nicely. It is by no means a definitive series but for
       newcomers to collapse it offers a good Premier to our problems.
       The issue with Chris is, like many famous bloggers, he does have
       an ego. He has gone on and on about the virtues of gold,
       commodities and imminent rampant inflation for over 10 years yet
       from what I have seen he has not reflected on why this hasn't
       happened. Part of humility is assessing why your predictions
       went wrong, OWNING IT, then devising a more robust
       strategy/theory. People don't diss mistakes if you own them
       honestly.
       There are bigger issues with his model though and it primarily
       centres on  him trying to make money from his ideas. Whilst I
       wouldnt go so far as to call him unscrupulous or even greedy his
       mission to make money does lead him to promoting ideas that are
       not really going to help most people. His advice primarily
       benefits the upper middle class demographic who are generally
       earning six figures. So his ideas of investing in stocks, big
       Mcmansion retrofits are not really applicable to greater
       society.
       More than that though by promoting high value investments he
       does, on a certain level have to add more hopium than is ideal.
       Either the economy stays steady or we will get a boutique type
       economy where the rich or at least comfortable can maintain
       their lifestyles while the rest of society is goes to shit. It
       is not a realistic proposition and it would behoove to make his
       ideals to appeal to a wider demographic... You can see the
       problem with appealing to the masses; you can't make money on
       poor or lower middle class people.
       In regards to covid I did find his stance quite remarkable. For
       the first 6 or 7 months Chris highlighted the covid crisis as
       the biggest deal ever but in the space of a week or two his view
       went 180 and he has essentially lamponned the whole crisis often
       describing it as psychosis of the maddness. I personally think
       this is viewpoint is extreme and wrong. Now I am not saying the
       sky is going to fall with covid but if vaccines never happened
       and we simply never socially distanced then the death tolls
       would be a lot higher. That is a fact.
       Furthermore it is easy to sit on the sidelines and say we should
       do the Swedish thing but what happens if you then have to take
       responsibility for all those people dying? If you are the
       politician with that kind of responsibility you are not going to
       make gung ho decisions so he needs to cut people some slack.
       This certainty in his convictions in an unpredictable scenario
       does highlight a troubling amount of overconfidence and lack of
       humility.
       What I did find telling was what he said during the period he
       thought covid was the biggest problem ever. In one of his videos
       he actually starting offering prescription doses to various
       medications. He may hold a PhD but he is no medical doctor. The
       fact he would do this on a live video without really knowing
       what he was doing speaks volumes about his character and
       highlights a degree of arrogance and over confidence that should
       make you exercise caution when he ventures into any topic with
       significant unknowns.
       Now don't get me wrong. Whilst some of my comments I made can
       sound rather harsh I don't think Chris is wrong in all matters.
       You can learn quite a bit from his videos but the key is to look
       at what he says with a critical eye. With a good set of critical
       eyes you can glean the gems in what he says but discard the
       hubris. Check multiple sources and use your brain and common
       sense. You may not have the brains he does but a critical mind
       some due diligence and little common sense goes a long way.
       #Post#: 1674--------------------------------------------------
       Re: mental masterbation
       By: K-Dog Date: November 15, 2021, 8:19 pm
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       [quote]You may not have the brains he does.[/quote]
       Everybody here has the brains Chris does.  Otherwise you would
       not be here.
       #Post#: 1677--------------------------------------------------
       Re: mental masterbation
       By: RE Date: November 15, 2021, 10:57 pm
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       Many factors besides sheer brainpower factor into your
       perspective on collapse issues.  Ideology, Political persuasion,
       Class, Age, what kind of work you do or did, where you live,
       Religion, Age and prior experiences in life, etc.  Whether you
       are Bullish or Bearish on collapse is some function of how all
       the information is processed by your brain.
       People who are pro-Capitalism do not see collapse the same way
       as those who are pro-Socialism.  They might both be genius
       Theoretical Physicist who graduated Magna Cum Laude from MIT and
       Stanford, but they won't see the issues the same way.  People
       who have lived their whole life in rural farming communities
       don't see collapse the same way lifetime city dwellers do.  Old
       folks with a comfortable retirement planned with investments
       with great cash flow and recent graduates without a pot to piss
       in and tons of debt do not view these issues through the same
       lens.  They could all have identical IQ scores, but their
       opinions would be all over the map.
       Emotion, Empathy in particular is as important or more important
       than IQ.  Some people couldn't give a shyt what is going on with
       poor folks in Sudan, it doesn't affect them directly so WTF
       cares?  So what if another 100 species go extinct today?  MY
       species is still doing OK! lol.
       Chris Martenson is a Capitalist, and clearly in this game to
       make money.  No matter how much money a Capitalist has, he
       always aspires to have more.  $5M isn't enough for retirement,
       you need $10M  It's the "Greed is Good" ethos.  Will I pay to
       listen to these folks spout their take on collapse?  Of course
       not. I won't even read or watch the shyt they will dish out for
       free, because I already know what they will say.
       Each of you, all of reasonably high IQ has your own POV on
       collapse.  Some are more worthwhile than others, one is totally
       worthless.  Nobody here is making any money from posting their
       POV though, far as I know.
       RE
       #Post#: 1678--------------------------------------------------
       Re: mental masterbation
       By: Phil Potts Date: November 16, 2021, 1:22 am
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       [quote author=monsta666 link=topic=83.msg1671#msg1671
       date=1637025103]
       In regards to covid I did find his stance quite remarkable. For
       the first 6 or 7 months Chris highlighted the covid crisis as
       the biggest deal ever
       Covid got the rampant inflation you mentioned he needs to
       reflect on being wrong about. But what kind of big deal? In
       economic terms, govt control, or sickness?
       but in the space of a week or two his view went 180 and he has
       essentially lamponned the whole crisis often describing it as
       psychosis of the maddness.
       Isn't that taking stock and owning being wrong like you said he
       needs to do?
       I personally think this is viewpoint is extreme and wrong. Now
       I am not saying the sky is going to fall with covid but if
       vaccines never happened and we simply never socially distanced
       then the death tolls would be a lot higher. That is a fact.
       The Spanish flu lasted about as long as we have had c19, 2 yrs.
       I had swine flu that nearly killed me in 2009. That WAS a far
       deadlier virus, but no measures were taken. Now it's mild,
       probably after the same 2 yr timeframe. In all probability c19
       would be benign by now without the intervention attempted.
       We were told initially some minor measures were necessary to
       flatten the curve. What we have now is the curve flattened on
       the Y axis and a complete control infrastructure put in place to
       manage collapse and culling.
       Furthermore it is easy to sit on the sidelines and say we should
       do the Swedish thing but what happens if you then have to take
       responsibility for all those people dying?
       Sweden is not worse than many of its highly vaxed euro
       neighbours so far over the past two yrs, now doing a lot better
       than the overall EU.  (although 6 of them have halted astraZ for
       under 30s or under 20s, other parts of world halted for pregnant
       women).
       
       If you are the politician with that kind of responsibility you
       are not going to make gung ho decisions so he needs to cut
       people some slack.
       Politicians are ignoring crowds in the hundreds of thousands
       every week. They're protesting those politicians representing
       only the interests of their donors in force injecting them with
       what they believe is at best dangerous and at worst deadly over
       time. We are just a resource that the politicians sell to the
       billionnaires who do not want an uncontrolled collapse. You know
       the Lord Rothschild quote, that he doesn't care who makes the
       laws as long as he makes the money. Politicians are just their
       executives.  The elite have correctly decreed the planet needs
       saving from environmental catastrophe, Gates is given airtime
       from the start and his ted talks and other statements say they
       want to use vaccines to bring down population. Another variable
       he states can come down to achieve the result is services, those
       are provided mostly to first world consumers. Two Tesla's in
       every driveway charged by renewables for 10b people is just a
       bait and switch. Eating bug burgers delivered by uber eats to a
       Blackrock repoed domicile you lose in one of the never ending
       cycle of compliance test lockdowns doesn't benefit them if you
       also lost your job that AI can do instead. Maybe they will be
       happy paying ubi and gene editing all resistance out of us, but
       I don't see why they would use any fossil fuel for our transport
       and comfort.
       This certainty in his convictions in an unpredictable scenario
       does highlight a troubling amount of overconfidence and lack of
       humility.
       What I did find telling was what he said during the period he
       thought covid was the biggest problem ever. In one of his videos
       he actually starting offering prescription doses to various
       medications. He may hold a PhD but he is no medical doctor. The
       fact he would do this on a live video without really knowing
       what he was doing speaks volumes about his character and
       highlights a degree of arrogance and over confidence that should
       make you exercise caution when he ventures into any topic with
       significant unknowns.
       If it was something unproven, I agree. If it's the ones making
       covid a non issue in India and Africa that otherwise can't even
       get rid of malaria, or had Joe Rogan feeling better than ever in
       two days, that all the members of Congress have taken, why not?
       Now don't get me wrong. Whilst some of my comments I made can
       sound rather harsh I don't think Chris is wrong in all matters.
       You can learn quite a bit from his videos but the key is to look
       at what he says with a critical eye. With a good set of critical
       eyes you can glean the gems in what he says but discard the
       hubris. Check multiple sources and use your brain and common
       sense. You may not have the brains he does but a critical mind
       some due diligence and little common sense goes a long way.
       This means that if we can not argue with what he says
       specifically about covid, whatever other unrelated flaws we find
       with him do not make him wrong.
       He is wrong that it's a form of mass psychosis like spirit
       posession or speaking in tongues, in my opinion. Those are
       suggestible people enjoying play acting without accountability.
       The motivation for the current crisis is different, involving
       saturation messaging 24/7/365. To a lot of people that raises
       alarms, just like the level of coordination and preparation from
       the beginning. To others it programs them and instills fear and
       panic. I think at least 30% were too panicked to think about
       whether they knew anyone who died from c19 and then if they were
       also under 70 and healthy. As it turned out, the average age of
       death was no more than the lifespan. Few people understood 'long
       covid' and lung damage on either side of the divide. For me I
       thought being 49 at the time, somewhat overweight despite
       exercise and a heavy drinker on weekends, I was somewhere in the
       middle for risk. I still had a wait and see attitude to vax,
       firstly because My state was always covid free, secondly because
       I have a long-standing hatred of pharmacos and knew a lot about
       how they operate to overmedicate everyone and greatly minimise
       and deny side effects. Now, they've reached new unimaginable
       lows.
       For decades now, the nanny state with ever more regulation and
       micro management, has been breeding highly authoritarian people
       who revel in reporting anyone they can for any infraction, to
       the county, their management, wherever. These are spiteful and
       hateful people who love to see other people punished and
       prevented from doing things that do not effect themselves at all
       or harm anyone else. I have no idea what % of people are like
       that, but it's at least 25% in these countries. They have a high
       affinity with state sources of authority and will not question
       it, no matter how nonsensical the message gets.
       Another factor is comfort. At the most, 50% voluntarily were
       vaxd without any threat of losing their livihood or freedom.
       That 50% simply trusted the govt or love the govt and have their
       identity bound up in getting their sense of worth from its
       approval.  They are not interested in any amount of evidence of
       pre-planning or lying by govt, and never question ever changing
       messaging.
       Another 30 odd % went along for comfort and convenience. They
       were not afraid of getting c19 and trusted the Vax far less.
       These were all reluctant. In the run up to mandates, nurses were
       saying 90% of people getting it did not want it, but were doing
       it to keep their job or school, travel, or be allowed in various
       venues. All of these people saw the Vax as a risk but hoped
       their number would not come up with a clot and estimated the
       odds were pretty good. Most of them also resent the rescinding
       of their rights. That is why so many vaxd protestors are now
       pushing back. They see the broken promise of 'we can all get
       back to normal', replaced with a permanent state of emergency
       and 'pandemic powers'. If peak shale oil was 2018, then the gdp
       growth paradigm has to end and this is a means to achieve it. In
       Israel there were a lot of protests by people who had all had 2
       shots and did not want a third.
       20% will never take an mRNA jab and that's the Pareto principle.
       Govt is lying about numbers reached beyond 80%. It was obvious
       they could not predict ahead of time with certainty that on this
       and that date, X% would be reached in a linear style.
       It should also be obvious that we should have run our of unvaxd
       to constitute new cases and take all the blame. In the US they
       found 40% of children had antibodies to c19. That would
       translate to the population at large. Do the math on 5 or 10% of
       the remaining 60% and avg daily cases over the past 3 months. 5%
       of about 200m people is 10m. If daily cases AVG 100k a day over
       90 days, that's 9m. In ten days you run out of unvaxd to explain
       the pandemic of the unvaxd.
       Of course these are very rough figures and the US is obviously
       behind the other most highly vaxd places, but you get the idea.
       Look at Singapore or Gibraltar with 99.9% and nothing but
       'breakthrough' cases that are orders of magnitude above what
       they recorded last year. If you still think this Vax is
       effective when the more you cover, the more cases you get,
       except for brief breaks, that's blind religious faith. If you
       have that type of faith you would literally rather die than
       admit  the belief system you are at war with was right.
       This is how we get so many people with severe side effects
       saying 'i did my part, I stepped up, I just want to be heard, I
       just want my experience recognised'. They [i]are believed and
       recognised, their stories are being shared, along with all the
       ones of people who died or do not make a connection between
       their illness and the vaccine, after raging against people who
       refuse. Those who refuse are the ones who don't think it's all
       in their head and want them censored.
       [/i]
       [/quote]
       #Post#: 1679--------------------------------------------------
       Re: mental masterbation
       By: K-Dog Date: November 16, 2021, 3:02 am
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       [quote author=BuddyJ link=topic=83.msg1676#msg1676
       date=1637035753]
       [quote author=K-Dog link=topic=83.msg1674#msg1674
       date=1637029150]
       [quote]You may not have the brains he does.[/quote]
       Everybody here has the brains Chris does.  Otherwise you would
       not be here.
       [/quote]
       Ah...but what exactly are "brains", as it were? Can a polymath
       outdo a higher educated specialist? Is a math "brain" of higher
       quality than an economist "brain"?  Can a better brain sucked
       down a rabbit hole and stuck there be of any value to anyone,
       including it's owner? Consider a brain, determined only to find
       the answer it wants, ignoring what Monsta has been talking
       about, and only focusing on evidence supporting a position,
       rather than taking a balanced approach?
       King Hubbert once stopped a paper from being published, circa
       the late 1960's, early 1970's somewhere, because there was this
       effect mucking around with his answers, and he knew it and could
       see it but hadn't accounted for it in his work. Pulled the paper
       from publication until he could get it all worked out, and he
       did. Years later the USGS began using exactly his equation,
       because he had discovered an important "why", and everyone else
       knew it as well.
       So...what exactly are "brains" and how do we spot the good ones
       versus...say others just as good, but without that critical
       component or focus that makes the difference between a "good"
       one, and what APPEARS to be a good one but...isn't....?
       [/quote]
       And at the end of the day you agree with me.  Everybody here is
       questioning answers.  You agree with me by questioning the
       definition of good.  Logic does the rest.  None of us is looking
       for a pre-packaged truth.  Sometimes lazy, sometimes crazy, but
       who here is a pawn of authority?   I could be wrong but I'll go
       with it.  Nobody.
       An argument stands on its own to a rational man.  The argument
       does not wear the suit of its presenter or have the diplomas of
       its author.  The merits of an argument stand on how well an
       argument comports with the actual universe.  And nothing else.
       For myself and I suspect the rest of us here, Cris talking about
       diplomas he has, or that he is well connected with genius means
       nothing.
       Just tell us the facts and we will figure it out.  Keep your
       lipstick off the pigs.
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       #Post#: 1683--------------------------------------------------
       Re: mental masterbation
       By: K-Dog Date: November 16, 2021, 11:36 am
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       [quote]
       Chris Martenson is a Capitalist, and clearly in this game to
       make money.  No matter how much money a Capitalist has, he
       always aspires to have more.  $5M isn't enough for retirement,
       you need $10M  It's the "Greed is Good" ethos.  Will I pay to
       listen to these folks spout their take on collapse?  Of course
       not. I won't even read or watch the shyt they will dish out for
       free, because I already know what they will say.[/quote]
       The problem with the free stuff is we know the free stuff pretty
       much already.
       In my point of view capitalist profit will never give two shits
       about peak oil, global warming or the future of humanity.  This
       makes someone like Chris evil.  Chris should know better.
       Seriously.  Chris can know about a medieval dancing disease and
       speak with conviction like he was there.  The same brain could
       just as well probe the performance of capitalists during the
       Russian famine of 1891-1892.  Chris could tell us how egregious
       government performance failed to take care of the people and how
       a generation of activists was created that went on to change the
       world.
       Chris has the nice guy smile the quiet manner, but everything he
       puts out is to directly benefit himself.  Without exception.
       Of all systems, the political system best able to trash the
       world is capitalism.  Profit makes exploitative automatons of
       all men it enlists to grow the profit pile.  Automatons who
       cannot appreciate the murderous externalities of what they do.
       Does Chris know this about capitalism,?  I think he does,  If he
       does:
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       Is appropriate.  IMHO
       #Post#: 1701--------------------------------------------------
       Re: mental master debating
       By: Phil Potts Date: November 16, 2021, 11:06 pm
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       [quote author=BuddyJ link=topic=83.msg1698#msg1698
       date=1637115586]
       Yeah, tried that, facts and logic stuff, but getting banned from
       every peak oil website in the known universe for doing it didn't
       trigger any of that thinking brain stuff among the acolytes.
       That was visible anyway.
       [/quote]
       And thats when he swore by Zuess to never make a reasoned
       critique again. Thunder crashed and lightning flashed, as he
       vowed from that day forth to spread the word that
       [shadow=red,left] peak means finished. [/shadow]
       #Post#: 1714--------------------------------------------------
       Re: mental masterbation
       By: monsta666 Date: November 17, 2021, 6:00 pm
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       [quote author=Phil Potts link=topic=83.msg1678#msg1678
       date=1637047327]Isn't that taking stock and owning being wrong
       like you said he needs to do? [/QUOTE]
       If he did that then it would be fine. Thing is doing a 180 in
       such a short period of time is unusual. Normally as the evidence
       you get accumulates your viewpoint gradually changes. What is
       more during this transition you would normally explain the
       reasons for your views changing so people can see your logic.
       The thing with Chris is he changed without explaining. If you
       also consider that Chris, unlike me and you, is making money
       from his messages then there should be a greater expectation you
       disclose the reasons for your turnaround. Without this
       disclosure this swift 180 closure seems like it could be a cash
       grab as he views more money could be had by taking an opposing
       opinion.
       [quote author=Phil Potts link=topic=83.msg1678#msg1678
       date=1637047327]The Spanish flu lasted about as long as we have
       had c19, 2 yrs. I had swine flu that nearly killed me in 2009.
       That WAS a far deadlier virus, but no measures were taken. Now
       it's mild, probably after the same 2 yr timeframe. In all
       probability c19 would be benign by now without the intervention
       attempted.[/QUOTE]
       Hard to prove something has never happened but beware that our
       appetite for death is far less than the time of the Spanish flu.
       Moreover, the widespread suppression of a pandemic is impossible
       in this current climate and it was this suppression that allowed
       people to ignore it.
       [quote author=Phil Potts link=topic=83.msg1678#msg1678
       date=1637047327][i]Sweden is not worse than many of its highly
       vaxed euro neighbours so far over the past two yrs, now doing a
       lot better than the overall EU.  (although 6 of them have halted
       astraZ for under 30s or under 20s, other parts of world halted
       for pregnant women).   [/QUOTE]
       Using the Swedish example is problematic. Sweden is a country
       which has a lower population density than most European
       countries. There are more single person households than nearly
       any where in Europe and the Swedish were much more compliant
       with local laws and restrictions than British and dare I say
       Americans so what may work there may not work elsewhere. Despite
       these favourable factors though the caseload and death rate in
       Sweden was worse than its Scandinavian neighbours. In any case
       this idea may not work everywhere. UK tried the herd immunity
       move by not bringing restrictions but quickly bailed when the
       death and infection rate increased alarmingly. Bolsonaro also
       tried the Swedish strategy of minimising restrictions and look
       at the death rate for Brazil. People globally were appalled with
       what happened there but he was trying to do much the same thing
       of avoiding restrictions. The only difference were the results
       of this inaction were much less laudable so it got ignored by
       the pro Swedish model crowd. I am not saying the Swedish way is
       always going to lead to disaster but the risks of it ending
       badly is greater than if you have restrictions.
       If you want to look at the other side of the coin where
       restrictions came down hot and heavy then look at China,
       Australia and New Zealand. Those countries had the greatest
       restrictions particularly for travel yet look at the death rates
       there. It is not a one to one relationship as like many things
       you can find outliers but on the whole greater restrictions
       means less death. However this leads to the point, what do you
       do if you follow the Swedish way but instead of getting freedom
       you get death by the truckload? This risk means the choice is
       not an easy decision to make. Now I am not advocating to go
       China or even do what the Aussies or Kiwis did. A middle ground
       is needed but wherever decision you make is not easy. On some
       level you must sacrifice either freedom or lifes. Go too far one
       way or the other and people will hate you for it.
       [quote author=Phil Potts link=topic=83.msg1678#msg1678
       date=1637047327]Politicians are ignoring crowds in the hundreds
       of thousands every week. They're protesting those politicians
       representing only the interests of their donors in force
       injecting them with what they believe is at best dangerous and
       at worst deadly over time. [/QUOTE]
       There are plenty who protest about covid restrictions but I am
       sure there are even more who support current measures. There is
       even a sizeable number of folks who want greater restrictions.
       [quote author=Phil Potts link=topic=83.msg1678#msg1678
       date=1637047327]We are just a resource that the politicians sell
       to the billionnaires who do not want an uncontrolled collapse.
       You know the Lord Rothschild quote, that he doesn't care who
       makes the laws as long as he makes the money. Politicians are
       just their executives.  The elite have correctly decreed the
       planet needs saving from environmental catastrophe, Gates is
       given airtime from the start and his ted talks and other
       statements say they want to use vaccines to bring down
       population. Another variable he states can come down to achieve
       the result is services, those are provided mostly to first world
       consumers. Two Tesla's in every driveway charged by renewables
       for 10b people is just a bait and switch. Eating bug burgers
       delivered by uber eats to a Blackrock repoed domicile you lose
       in one of the never ending cycle of compliance test lockdowns
       doesn't benefit them if you also lost your job that AI can do
       instead. Maybe they will be happy paying ubi and gene editing
       all resistance out of us, but I don't see why they would use any
       fossil fuel for our transport and comfort.  [/QUOTE]
       I think there is the idea that the elite have it all figured out
       and are running rings round the public. I don't believe in that.
       In many ways the elite are just as deluded and if anything more
       so than average as they are more invested in the status quo.
       Some are so enamoured by technological solutions that they can't
       even imagine it will end. Musk probably honestly thinks a Tesla
       in every drive is sustainable and he is too up his own ass to
       see the light. Plus money and greed can blind people to the
       bleeding obvious.
       In any case whether they are aware or not is immaterial. The
       global economy depends on infinite growth. It is inherently
       unsustainable and can't be saved. I also don't believe there can
       be a "boutique" economy. By boutique economy I mean one where
       the rich maintains its current wealth and status while the rest
       of the population rots. If the situation ever gets to the point
       where people are dying particularly peoples' kids dying then
       there will be blood. There will be an uprising and a change in
       power structure will come. In fact before we get to the end
       there will probably be a number of power changes. Don't expect
       CEO's, big corp and globalisation to be running the show all the
       way down to oblivion. We will probably get the breakdown of the
       one to many. In other words big mega structures like the USA
       will dissolve into multiple countries while supranational
       entities like the UN, NATO the EU will go the way of the Dodo.
       The biggest question is when not if.
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