Collapse

Lately somthing has been rattling around in my brain and I cant seem to get it out of there.  Perhaps its the books I read or the movies I watch but nonetheless I have the distinct feeling that the world we live in is set to drastically change in the next few decades, if not earlier.

I remember the actual moment I first grasped this notion.  It was the sunny afternoon of September 11th 2001.  I had a political science course that day at Santa Barbara City College and after class I was strolling over to friends house that lived nearby the college.  It was during this walk that I remember looking up to the serene clear blue sky and realizing that there wasnt a single plane in the sky over all of north America.  It was the hideous lifting of the veil.  That 'it' was all so fragile. The technology we rely on, the everyday comforts we take for granted, it could all be gone in a puff of smoke.

Flash-forward to today.  Terrorism is no longer the big worry in my eyes.  What is worrisome, or relieving (depending on how one looks at it) is the sheer fraud of our financial system. In essence it is a big pyramid scheme predicated on the (utterly insane) notion of perpetual growth.  Perpetual growth may have seemed like a good idea when resources like oil, water and energy were plentiful but we all know those days are coming to a screeching halt.  This is our rude awakening. Perpetual growth has just hit the immovable force of finite resources. It is not sustainable, never was and the generations preceding ours have squandered more natural resources than I care to think about. The paradigm is shifting and denial is the first symptom.  Food shortages are already happening, the middle east would never say they are about to run the taps dry (even though they are) and water has already been wasted, polluted and purchased as it is only a matter of time before the veil begins to really shake again.

There are those in power who know this is coming, and can do nothing to stop it because they thought that man was a God. Who will be ready for this? Who will start building the boats? Who will stand like a deer in headlights? Who will dismiss the entire collapse and belly up to the bar? Our generation has never had to make a sacrifice they say, the 'greatest generation' had there struggles but, all pale in comparison for what we are faced with. Good luck, and be ready.

-puts tin foil hat down