my biggest preparation is the total unquestioned acceptance of whatever occurs to myself or my girlfriend in the future. A kind of peace with your fate.
Newfie wrote:I was talking to some crusader, I forget who, but she said "If you tell them the truth it is too bleak, you must give them some hope." I though that to be, by turns; cynical, dishonest, honest, sad, and depressing. I'm still struggling with that one. There is a certain self deception in that statement.
ennui2 wrote: And the way we're headed, it may never happen, because people will be too busy reacting to short-term threats to be able to step back and understand what's really going on and why.
ennui2 wrote: I understand the rationale, but I find this approach to effectively be very dishonest.
ennui2 wrote:You can also make the case that these stresses will pull people apart. It's really both at the same time, tribalism. People will break off into their own groups for collective protection. I'm not really looking forward to the breakdown of larger civic society.
Pops wrote:
The folks to worry about are the one's who say they'll just roll over. They diligently do nothing because to do something means admitting vulnerability and pierces the whole bubble we build around ourselves so we can walk around with our face in our phones.
They would be the first to freak out when the cappuccino machine breaks down.
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ennui2 wrote:The math of overshoot dictates that there be evolutionary winners and losers in a very cruel and base way. People are not going to all join hands and collectively eat and drink less and less and less to avoid conflict. People are going to get thrown off the lifeboat based mostly on a might-makes-right principle.
ennui2 wrote:Pops, you had your plan, you worked it, then you abandoned it. And you have diabetes that can't be dealt with in a pure World Made By Hand lifestyle.
Pops very eloquently wrote:My advice to anyone is a “No Regrets” policy: prepare for anything to happen - including nothing happening.
Pops wrote:you've convinced yourself it won't ever happen.
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