One of the most insidious features of the technofascist progressive utopian delusion is how it conditions us from birth to value the material trappings of the inversion more than ourselves.
And once inculcated to the inversion, it systematically decreases the utility and comforts of those material things over time thereby increasing our …
One of the most insidious features of the technofascist progressive utopian delusion is how it conditions us from birth to value the material trappings of the inversion more than ourselves.
And once inculcated to the inversion, it systematically decreases the utility and comforts of those material things over time thereby increasing our inverted sense of value. This operant conditioning would make Skinner blush.
The solution you lay out is indeed the one before us. But it proposes a reckoning that challenges our spiritual anchoring in a time in which the comforting collateral of trading our souls - though obviously liquidating, is still a long way from the corrective discomforts that await in nature.
As you point out, there is nothing within the system that can be taken over to right the system. It is self-regulating. To ask how is to solve for that moment when FTX "went bankrupt".
I have personally made most of the moves to situate myself as a dissident. I do not recommend it in the broad sense. As the futility of describing 'acceptance' to a man still struggling with the 'denial' stage of grief is clear.
There is no model, program, monkey branch, or one-size solution for what a man must undertake to remove himself from the system. In this effort, we are all alone until such time as we emerge from that reckoning on the other side and once again endeavor to find our people.
Most of my friends are still negotiating for what they can take with them IF they were to leave the cloud city. I left the chips on the table with a straight flush in hand. They still think I am crazy. Though a little less so these days. Yet they want to know what will be on the test.
Perhaps you can rake the chips one more time on your way out. Good on ya. But I figured out that the very notion of that is why the house always wins in the end. Income, retirement savings, professional trajectory, social status, material surplus, relationships, etc. What are you willing to leave behind? Some of it? All of it?
Your brave act is the only move that I believe has a high chance of working. I wish I had the freedom to be as brave. Still looking for a slightly less drastic way of leaving the rabid-rat race and appreciate the odds of getting trapped are higher the more one is tied to teh system.
Living here in Finland in a climate that needs heat to survive the winter means one needs a home that can be heated with wood, that requires capital.
yeah, come to the south of Spain, you still need the house and you still need the wood, but you can get both for much less than in most places in Europe.
(also it's just not as flipping cold)
You could probably get through it just by wearing more clothes
Both Finland and Spain have good and weak points. If one could predict how much poop is going to hit the fan one could gamble on how primitive one needs to go.
Spain is warm but proximal to Africa and what will be an endless stream of hungry people, Finland is frozen but off the beaten track and sparsely populated, and I have language skills and family here.
The question in my mind is will the situation devolve to a point where energy cannot be got at any price in which case we have mayhem in Finland too when all but the rural folk will start to get cold and hungry.
distance from Africa doesn't seem to be saving anybody from the endless stream of military aged males, most of whom don't look very hungry at all, with smart phones in hand.
Hungry people are staying where they are it seems
(that said, my town is filling with africans for olive picking season and there is no conflict at all, as they are needed and welcomed. Most of them move on to other hard work afterwards.)
Olive picking is one of the hardest jobs I ever had, and the african boys (almost all from Somalia) were strong and capable and cheerful workers, although not perfect, as indeed neither am I
One of the most insidious features of the technofascist progressive utopian delusion is how it conditions us from birth to value the material trappings of the inversion more than ourselves.
And once inculcated to the inversion, it systematically decreases the utility and comforts of those material things over time thereby increasing our inverted sense of value. This operant conditioning would make Skinner blush.
The solution you lay out is indeed the one before us. But it proposes a reckoning that challenges our spiritual anchoring in a time in which the comforting collateral of trading our souls - though obviously liquidating, is still a long way from the corrective discomforts that await in nature.
As you point out, there is nothing within the system that can be taken over to right the system. It is self-regulating. To ask how is to solve for that moment when FTX "went bankrupt".
I have personally made most of the moves to situate myself as a dissident. I do not recommend it in the broad sense. As the futility of describing 'acceptance' to a man still struggling with the 'denial' stage of grief is clear.
There is no model, program, monkey branch, or one-size solution for what a man must undertake to remove himself from the system. In this effort, we are all alone until such time as we emerge from that reckoning on the other side and once again endeavor to find our people.
Most of my friends are still negotiating for what they can take with them IF they were to leave the cloud city. I left the chips on the table with a straight flush in hand. They still think I am crazy. Though a little less so these days. Yet they want to know what will be on the test.
Perhaps you can rake the chips one more time on your way out. Good on ya. But I figured out that the very notion of that is why the house always wins in the end. Income, retirement savings, professional trajectory, social status, material surplus, relationships, etc. What are you willing to leave behind? Some of it? All of it?
Well said. I too have marked myself out as a dissident, and thrown everything in the air. We live in interesting times.
Thank you for sharing.
Your brave act is the only move that I believe has a high chance of working. I wish I had the freedom to be as brave. Still looking for a slightly less drastic way of leaving the rabid-rat race and appreciate the odds of getting trapped are higher the more one is tied to teh system.
Living here in Finland in a climate that needs heat to survive the winter means one needs a home that can be heated with wood, that requires capital.
yeah, come to the south of Spain, you still need the house and you still need the wood, but you can get both for much less than in most places in Europe.
(also it's just not as flipping cold)
You could probably get through it just by wearing more clothes
Both Finland and Spain have good and weak points. If one could predict how much poop is going to hit the fan one could gamble on how primitive one needs to go.
Spain is warm but proximal to Africa and what will be an endless stream of hungry people, Finland is frozen but off the beaten track and sparsely populated, and I have language skills and family here.
The question in my mind is will the situation devolve to a point where energy cannot be got at any price in which case we have mayhem in Finland too when all but the rural folk will start to get cold and hungry.
distance from Africa doesn't seem to be saving anybody from the endless stream of military aged males, most of whom don't look very hungry at all, with smart phones in hand.
Hungry people are staying where they are it seems
(that said, my town is filling with africans for olive picking season and there is no conflict at all, as they are needed and welcomed. Most of them move on to other hard work afterwards.)
Olive picking is one of the hardest jobs I ever had, and the african boys (almost all from Somalia) were strong and capable and cheerful workers, although not perfect, as indeed neither am I
THAT is my dilemma. And I so wish I wasn't alone.
There are a few of us out here. Try and link up with someone that has similar location and situation.
What Sovereign Island nation did you recently create?