/b/ - Random

Anonymous 26/05/14(Thu)18:54 No. 844521

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Idk if this belongs on /b/, but here it is

It's become clear to most of us that the societal collapse we've been anticipating has arrived. Some of us expected it to be a slow decline, while others less in-the-know have imagined immediate, shit-hitting-the-fan scenarios. Now, I'm not going to claim that some immediate, world-changing event could not suddenly happen, but I think we have a ways to go before someone gets desperate enough to cause one.

As of right now, people are reaching their breaking point, and it's becoming more and more common. People who were once part of the Fight for 15 protests are realizing how good they had it back then. Groceries have more than doubled. Fuel has more than doubled. The cost of homes, driven by boomer economics which treat them as an investment rather than a commodity that is needed by all, well, I've been in a position to buy a home twice now and had it slip from my grasp by rising cost. And rent has gone through the roof, even for in many cases, rentals where the roof is hardly even extant.

There is only so much that people are willing to tolerate. And while some few go on destructive sprees, I'm not predicting that it will end in revolt. People are too complacent and self-centered to organize on any scale of significance, and I honestly cannot say if that is because of decades of psyops, the unintended consequences of the internet, or both. In fact, I would claim that the majority, if not the entirety of the system is going to come down simply because so many people will be priced out of participating that there will not be enough to prop it up anymore. We are already seeing this as the boomers are beginning to die, and I would be willing to believe that the housing market, as well as other markets, are currently being artificially propped up by billionaires who are buying up any and all excess so that demand stays constant, because they have enough money to do so and they stand to benefit from the status quo being maintained. Another example of this is the recession we're clearly in, but which is not being treated as one because 7 billionaire tech companies are playing hot potato with exorbitant amounts of money, swapping it between each other to build countless surveillance centers.

However, this only puts off the issue, because the rich are propped up by the millions who buy their products and services, and these rich get to be rich because the rest of the people accept their money as valuable. I am beginning to see signs that this structure is losing cohesion as people are starting to use phrases like "the 1% lives in a different economy than you, a different life and a different universe."

It has become apparent that the richest companies in the country and the property they own in Congress do not understand or realize how bad it is that crop yields are down, what that means for us, what fuel prices mean to us, and it's resulting in not only mismanagement of the situation, but total wanton disregard for it. Because when you give your child a dollar, they treat it like it is a precious amount of money, checking their pockets constantly to make sure it doesn't fall out, and they think a hundred bucks is an exorbitant amount of money. How do you think they feel about $4.49 a gallon, really?

People cannot afford to buy new cars to the extent that we now have the phrase "vintage car premium" because people are gravitating towards the famously reliable older models. It's why you can't find an old Datsun truck for $500 anymore. And for housing, are turning to things like Tuff-Shed and DIY projects built on flatbed trailers, if they're wealthy enough. For those who are so lazy that they only clock 70 hours a week, they don't need a bed anyway because they never sleep, so they end up just living in their car.

Kids at school used to be made fun of because they lived in a double-wide mobile home. For many, that is now a dream. A dream they've given up on.

Is it really so surprising that people have turned to fanatical ideas like fascism? They know the boomers hate it, and they know the boomers hate them. And so for many it stands to reason that they should embrace this, because as they say, the enemy of your enemy is your friend. And further, they have grown up in a world that is hopelessly, pointlessly cruel to them. The American dream was supposed to be about something, something good at least, but it's more like getting fucked in a dungeon with the promise that if you don't resist, they'll consider loosening the handcuffs so you can stop bleeding.

I am not an extremist, and have no plans other than to continue working and keep trying to improve my life. There are good things in this world, in spite of how bleak it's getting, and I think people need to remind themselves of that more often to prevent themselves from going and doing extreme and irrational things. It is very apparent to many of us that the status quo is too rotten to save anyway, and so it would simply be pointless to take any brash action, finding it better to bide our time and wait things out. As for why people take violent and extremist action, as far as I can imagine it must be for revenge, for an individual who has completely and totally lost hope.

I expect, as any reasonable man would, that things are eventually going to improve. Personally, I think it more likely that the current status quo will completely disintegrate, after which we will have a window of time to prevent bad actors from seizing power again, and within this we will be able to genuinely improve the world and our lives. Until then, there isn't much of a point to fighting. It is more logical to prepare, not by stockpiling per sé, moreso by building community ties and developing plans so that this community will be able to be self-sustaining when the time comes.

I guess what I am looking for here is input so that I can figure out a realistic timeline. Part of me wants Nostradamus to come in and tell me the future, I guess.