According to the benevolent oligarchy – that 1 percent of the world which among themselves own 50 percent of the world's wealth – we're all in deep trouble. If global warming doesn't get us, the microbes will.
Worse, we may have as little as a hundred years left!
Paul Ehrlich rises eternal, his ideas clawing their way from a crypt in the Club of Rome's basement:
"The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now. At this late date nothing can prevent a substantial increase in the world death rate." ("The Population Bomb," 1968)
Reality is so annoying.
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Democratic governance was a tremendous advance for ordinary people. This development made it more difficult and costly for the oligarchy and their elitist troops to control the world. That's why they've relentlessly pushed for more government control over every aspect of human life. Their favorite is government that controls other governments – like the European Union and the United Nations. Ideally, these supranational governments would come together into a single individual – whom the oligarchists would own.
Free people are difficult to control. More freedom equals more difficulty. Free people don't mistake government for mommy and daddy. They know government is at best a crazy uncle in the family who hits up the relatives to fund his relentless schemes that never seem to work out. Free people prefer to do for themselves, or at least have free choice in the marketplace as to who they hire. Free people dislike being dependent. Freedom is just so messy!
Governments, however, are easy to control. Especially those filled with grasping, high-minded people who court the favor of others around election time. Just trickle out power, money and access into the grasping hands of the political class. For a few bucks (by the 1-percenters' standards) you own the people who control the government. It's actually better than owning the country. If things go wrong, it's someone else's fault. And what the heck? For a few bucks more you can buy the media and entertainment industry as well. Now you control what people think about the government you already own.
Playing into all that is the fact our age seems to have developed an inordinate concern for personal safety. I once knew a man who taught junior high school and in his spare time trained new pilots. I asked him if his classroom charges were curious about his "other life."
He thought for a moment and then said, "Not nearly as curious as I was at that age." This man was in his 20s, not his 60s. Today few people are interested in becoming pilots, in part because of the perceived risk. But herds of people board airplanes every day.
Shark attacks have been in the news recently. I saw a graphic that depicted the relative dangers of accidental death in American life. Sharks kill on average one person per year. Automobile accidents kill over 38,000. Statistically you're far more likely to die driving to the beach.
Risk assessment would seem to be emotional, not factual. The oligarchists should be warning of shark attacks in our living rooms when the oceans rise – if they really want to get our attention.
Maybe the dinosaurs worried about the same thing: "Hey, Fred! Did you see that asteroid zip by last night? Darn thing nearly hit us! If that happens, we're doomed!"
Unlike dinosaurs, the oligarchists have no sense of humor. They are deadly serious. They have a vision of man-made doom that is forcing them to action. They also have a lot of money and time on their hands. And to make matters worse, most government servants today offer ongoing lease-purchase plans.
When the real thing comes, they will never know what hit them. The real apocalypse will be the one they usher in to save the world.
Are we living in the lead-up to the real Armageddon? You be the judge.
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