by Ibon » Fri 02 Apr 2010, 19:57:48
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')I am not quite sure what you are referring to here but if you mean material things then I am not a materialistic person. I don't need a tv, playsation etc. These things don't make a person happy anyway. If you are referring to community then yes I would like a community. Community has broken down here in the UK, there is no community. If you are referring to stability then yes I would like stability. What I know that I don't want is to be staring down the barrel of the biggest SHTF fest that humans have ever seen, which is where we seem to be at. It will be different from wars, in wars at least you knew who you could count, who was with you. Peak oil will see nations imploding, civil unrest as suddenly there are just too many people all wanting a piece of a shrinking pie.
As last poster said, don't be angry at your forefathers because they really didn't understand what was coming. Just imagine had you been born in the boom period post WWII. How could you have reacted differently considering the optimism of the times and the fact that we are social animals.
Your points above put you ahead of the curve. You would like the community and security of what your grandparents had. Both of those were eroded because of our consumption culture. Security during the age of consequences will unfortunately not be available to us for the next few decades. That forces us into a more immediate focused frame of mind, appreciating every day, valuing your friendships, community, electric lights and chicken soup.
Since the security is beyond our control because this is a systemic overshoot problem then this really gets you off the hook. Why be fearful if we can no longer count on security? This is actually very liberating.
Have you ever been to Switzerland? The most secure country with the most secure society and yet with people who are the most paranoid and insecure and fearful.
The more you have the more you fear what you can lose.
If you don't have it any more this can be liberating.......brutal also, unfair, unjust, violent, agressive, break down......
but if the status quo becomes unstable then you can throw the assumption of stability out the window.
That rewards you with appreciating every day, every minute, every joke with a friend, every kiss, every bit of an apple.
That is how our species existed for 98% of their history
Enjoy these times
Patiently awaiting the pathogens. Our resiliency resembles an invasive weed. We are the Kudzu Ape
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, and it's not permanent, but I do indeed think that a lot of bad decisions have been taken, and that the shouting was there regarding them (in fact even way before, in litterature for instance), and overall it might indeed very well be too late, but I got used to a "doubt position", doesn't mean I'm not willing to try or do things.
