I’m still surprised how the whole Snowden scandal happened and… we kept going. Same for the Panama papers and in a slightly different way also the 2008 crisis and Covid. All moments we could have used to steer the wheel but nobody did
I saw a documentary once where a wasp had a specific routine when arriving back home, and they showed the routine normally several times and then they showed the wasp doing the exact same thing after having been beheaded- no head to clean, but the wasp swiped its foreleg in the general area, then continued on the rest.
This was given as a difference between wasps and humans, or more generally, between instinctual and considered actions.
At first I worried a little, because I noticed how much I did on autopilot. Then I realized how much everyone does on autopilot and then I worried a lot.
I think if we were able to continue walking around without our heads, people absolutely would.
Human history and existence is one big ball of “just keep going” doused in a heap of “this is awful but imma make some babies because horny” so it just keeps going.
It’s pretty messed up but here we are. Going. Because what’s the alternative?
There hasn’t really been an alternative before now, the USA was a technological superpower offering services which only existed there and to a lesser extent in China (who wants to kill the EU and NATO to make conquests easier).
A whole lot came about from the Panama Papers, you just stopped paying attention.
Very few people trust the guy who attempted to flee to China and successfully fled to Russia. For good fucking reason, too.
There have also been a lot of discussions and legislatures involving the NSA and surveillance since then, though people keep voting for Trump (in part because of Russian and Chinese psyops supporting him) so not as much legislation as I’d like.
I’m still surprised how the whole Snowden scandal happened and… we kept going. Same for the Panama papers and in a slightly different way also the 2008 crisis and Covid. All moments we could have used to steer the wheel but nobody did
at this point i wonder what kind of scandal would it require for people to not just keep going
I saw a documentary once where a wasp had a specific routine when arriving back home, and they showed the routine normally several times and then they showed the wasp doing the exact same thing after having been beheaded- no head to clean, but the wasp swiped its foreleg in the general area, then continued on the rest.
This was given as a difference between wasps and humans, or more generally, between instinctual and considered actions.
At first I worried a little, because I noticed how much I did on autopilot. Then I realized how much everyone does on autopilot and then I worried a lot.
I think if we were able to continue walking around without our heads, people absolutely would.
As someone recently pointed out, the breaking point seems to be when people don’t have to eat.
The crash of 1929. Because rich people lost money.
Widespread starvation.
As long as the “working masses” can still feed their children, the vast majority of us bow to whatever authority wants to rule them.
It’s the same here in Germany.
Human history and existence is one big ball of “just keep going” doused in a heap of “this is awful but imma make some babies because horny” so it just keeps going.
It’s pretty messed up but here we are. Going. Because what’s the alternative?
dealing with the problem?
Pretty sure people would forget Thanos.
“I’m for the jobs the halvening will provide”
Expensive gas
I think the Epstein Files have done that. Look at how much defense Trump has been forced to play.
Not until the US runs out of borrowing capacity will they balk at anything I think. There is no shame, only money to be stole.
And now we have the Epstein files ☺️
all the same people
redacted
I’m shocked that Europe and others happily saddle themselves under US surveillance fully knowing the details.
There hasn’t really been an alternative before now, the USA was a technological superpower offering services which only existed there and to a lesser extent in China (who wants to kill the EU and NATO to make conquests easier).
A whole lot came about from the Panama Papers, you just stopped paying attention.
Very few people trust the guy who attempted to flee to China and successfully fled to Russia. For good fucking reason, too.
There have also been a lot of discussions and legislatures involving the NSA and surveillance since then, though people keep voting for Trump (in part because of Russian and Chinese psyops supporting him) so not as much legislation as I’d like.