Perpetual war is the way our economic system still olds togheter. It's been building up for many years before but since 2008, the only thing that keeps it togheter is oil, war and extreme austerity. Europe is near bankruptcy and is imploding again on a societal scale. The US is not much better. Canada is also facing similar issues and will follow whatever the US does as it always has. The UK is also in deep trouble. The solution the governing elites is offering is mostly far-right fascism. To be fair, it's been here in disguise for a while, at least from and economic standpoint. All of this to maintain a few billionaires in power. It's pure insanity. I consider myself well aware of what's awaiting all of us and I don't know what I can do to help push things in the right direction. Maybe that's just the area I live in but I don't sense anyone gets what's going on at all. I don't think I've seen the slightest sign that revolution is close in my lifetime. I can feel the sense of urgency has escalated in some circles but to be optimistic revolution is coming is an hyperbole. The future is looking bleak.
Here's hoping there IS a future. We have to continue on and keep fighting no matter what. We create the future with every word and every action. We owe it to our children to keep building a good one.
I agree that we can't allow these insane sociopaths stay in power any longer. We have got to get organized, organized, organized!! We're dragging our feet. It's soon or not at all. Hurricane Milton on the heels of Hurricane Helene could be the impetus to start the revolution!
It's possible these worsening climate crises will wake up more people to the reality of how they're being used and abused by these sociopaths. Let's hope we still have a planet to save by then.
I would add one clarification on Libya. The US created coup there wasn't merely because of the issue of the petrodollar. Gaddafi came to power in a 1969 coup that removed the US's tool King Idris:
This coup and Gaddafi's new government, meant that the US eventually lost access to a naval base they had in Libya. And that they US oil companies could no longer take most of the wealth from Libya's oil production, as it was nationalised and foreign involvement was no longer on outrageously unfavourable terms. Using this wealth, Gaddafi implemented socialist programs and proved in Africa and the Middle East that a different way was possible: universal free education, universal free healthcare, free housing government run social welfare state, not neoliberal capitalism. All paid for directly from the nation's wealth of national resources.
Now you might be thinking that was 1969 and bygones are bygones. But that's not how the ghouls in the US government and spooks think. They carry grudges for EVER. Like Iran since 1979 and Cuba since 1958.
That's why Gaddafi was removed. At various points in time over the decades they had sanctioned Libya and some may recall the Reagan era incident with the jets and so on. They always had it out for him. It wasn't merely the petrodollar thing.
Thanks for the clarification. I knew that Gaddafi had always been a "thorn in the side" of the US gov't. They just couldn't leave him alone. They just couldn't have him free his people from selfish Western influences and manipulation. It amazes me how petty and childish these people can be at times. I'm reading "JFK and the Unspeakable" by James Douglass now and it certainly is blowing my mind with all the CIA/national security plots going on.
They operate as a mafia. All the “free democracy” stuff is just branding. A nation that wants to go a different way gets attacked. Look at what North Korea - the extremes they have had to go to just to be left alone.
Thanks for connecting these dots. I agree completely with what you've said.
Also, don't forget that war itself consumes huge amounts of fossil fuels with their bombers, tanks, etc. and causes untold environmental damage. And for what? More fossil fuels, of course, and American hegemony.
It is insane. Until we come to sanity ourselves, we'll let it continue. We'll let them continue to mass murder people and pollute the air, land and waters and for what? For billionaires to become trillionaires? Insanity, pure insanity.
Perpetual war is the way our economic system still olds togheter. It's been building up for many years before but since 2008, the only thing that keeps it togheter is oil, war and extreme austerity. Europe is near bankruptcy and is imploding again on a societal scale. The US is not much better. Canada is also facing similar issues and will follow whatever the US does as it always has. The UK is also in deep trouble. The solution the governing elites is offering is mostly far-right fascism. To be fair, it's been here in disguise for a while, at least from and economic standpoint. All of this to maintain a few billionaires in power. It's pure insanity. I consider myself well aware of what's awaiting all of us and I don't know what I can do to help push things in the right direction. Maybe that's just the area I live in but I don't sense anyone gets what's going on at all. I don't think I've seen the slightest sign that revolution is close in my lifetime. I can feel the sense of urgency has escalated in some circles but to be optimistic revolution is coming is an hyperbole. The future is looking bleak.
Here's hoping there IS a future. We have to continue on and keep fighting no matter what. We create the future with every word and every action. We owe it to our children to keep building a good one.
Excellent.
I agree that we can't allow these insane sociopaths stay in power any longer. We have got to get organized, organized, organized!! We're dragging our feet. It's soon or not at all. Hurricane Milton on the heels of Hurricane Helene could be the impetus to start the revolution!
It's possible these worsening climate crises will wake up more people to the reality of how they're being used and abused by these sociopaths. Let's hope we still have a planet to save by then.
Excellent article!
I would add one clarification on Libya. The US created coup there wasn't merely because of the issue of the petrodollar. Gaddafi came to power in a 1969 coup that removed the US's tool King Idris:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idris_of_Libya
This coup and Gaddafi's new government, meant that the US eventually lost access to a naval base they had in Libya. And that they US oil companies could no longer take most of the wealth from Libya's oil production, as it was nationalised and foreign involvement was no longer on outrageously unfavourable terms. Using this wealth, Gaddafi implemented socialist programs and proved in Africa and the Middle East that a different way was possible: universal free education, universal free healthcare, free housing government run social welfare state, not neoliberal capitalism. All paid for directly from the nation's wealth of national resources.
Now you might be thinking that was 1969 and bygones are bygones. But that's not how the ghouls in the US government and spooks think. They carry grudges for EVER. Like Iran since 1979 and Cuba since 1958.
That's why Gaddafi was removed. At various points in time over the decades they had sanctioned Libya and some may recall the Reagan era incident with the jets and so on. They always had it out for him. It wasn't merely the petrodollar thing.
Thanks for the clarification. I knew that Gaddafi had always been a "thorn in the side" of the US gov't. They just couldn't leave him alone. They just couldn't have him free his people from selfish Western influences and manipulation. It amazes me how petty and childish these people can be at times. I'm reading "JFK and the Unspeakable" by James Douglass now and it certainly is blowing my mind with all the CIA/national security plots going on.
They operate as a mafia. All the “free democracy” stuff is just branding. A nation that wants to go a different way gets attacked. Look at what North Korea - the extremes they have had to go to just to be left alone.
Thanks for connecting these dots. I agree completely with what you've said.
Also, don't forget that war itself consumes huge amounts of fossil fuels with their bombers, tanks, etc. and causes untold environmental damage. And for what? More fossil fuels, of course, and American hegemony.
It's insane.
It is insane. Until we come to sanity ourselves, we'll let it continue. We'll let them continue to mass murder people and pollute the air, land and waters and for what? For billionaires to become trillionaires? Insanity, pure insanity.
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