:) — Historically, for ordinary people, we in the west have lived in the best of times. Ever. Wages. Housing. Food. Abundance. Freedoms.
Post '45 to ~ '75-'80 was the apogee.
Statistics show the emerging decline for ordinary people, now accompanied globally by growing discord.
Long before DT, in 2012 — Predictable, and predicted
- Disaggregation: Brexit, NATO, Spain & Catalonia, NAFTA, Poland & the EU, the Middle East
- Climatic events, extreme weather: Rising sea levels, deadly storms, heat, fires & floods, catastrophic rain
- Mass migrations
- Polarization - Populism. Rising hatreds and politically-driven antagonism
- Geopolitical stressors:regional, factional and national rivalries
- Increasing economic costs: payouts, damages, mitigation, prevention. Socialized losses.
- Accelerating dominance of capital; gap between rich and poor widens
Yeast wins!
Jim |
