Unfortunately, we’ve passed the point that people are going to actually do anything about this. Most are either struggling to survive or are so programmed that they don’t even know what it means to give a shit. When the economy collapses, as it surely will over the next year or two, internet freedoms will be the last thing on anyone’s mind. And of course, with that kind of chaos opportunities to enact all sorts of draconian legislations and executive orders will come into play.
The silver lining to this may just be that people will be shocked into awakening and new communities will form outside the influence of Official Culture. And perhaps those new communuties will become the template for something entirely different in the future. No utopia of course, but a connected mindset that develops self-sufficient, autonomous and eminently pragmatic small-scale living outside the dead visions of the State. This is the focus I think people should be moving toward as things get progressively crazy. Rather than letting the chips fall where they may, this is an opportunity to take steps to mitigate the effects of socio-economic fracturing and increasingly insistent environmental disturbance. If one reads the signs from both science and ancient wisdom there is no question we are in for some highly turbulent times that will require mutual support. So, now’s the time to find that support and make sure you are psychologically and practically prepared.
I think you’re probably right, M.K. Perhaps the new communities you speak of will come out of the growing homeless communities. They don’t even have access to the Internet, much less Facebook.
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No big deal, they have the right to deny service 😉
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Are you being sarcastic, Lander7? I can’t tell.
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They passed that new internet law and the citizens didn’t unite to stop it.
Either people will need to take an active roll in law and government or they will have to except the chips falling were they fall.
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Unfortunately, we’ve passed the point that people are going to actually do anything about this. Most are either struggling to survive or are so programmed that they don’t even know what it means to give a shit. When the economy collapses, as it surely will over the next year or two, internet freedoms will be the last thing on anyone’s mind. And of course, with that kind of chaos opportunities to enact all sorts of draconian legislations and executive orders will come into play.
The silver lining to this may just be that people will be shocked into awakening and new communities will form outside the influence of Official Culture. And perhaps those new communuties will become the template for something entirely different in the future. No utopia of course, but a connected mindset that develops self-sufficient, autonomous and eminently pragmatic small-scale living outside the dead visions of the State. This is the focus I think people should be moving toward as things get progressively crazy. Rather than letting the chips fall where they may, this is an opportunity to take steps to mitigate the effects of socio-economic fracturing and increasingly insistent environmental disturbance. If one reads the signs from both science and ancient wisdom there is no question we are in for some highly turbulent times that will require mutual support. So, now’s the time to find that support and make sure you are psychologically and practically prepared.
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I think you’re probably right, M.K. Perhaps the new communities you speak of will come out of the growing homeless communities. They don’t even have access to the Internet, much less Facebook.
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I think this is the kind of mindset that needs to take seed across all societal domains:
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Very inspiring. Thanks for sharing, MK.
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