The notion that "we are going to get through this together" seems to be based in the assumption that the crisis is going to move quickly, and if we hold tight, our sacrifice will be minimal and all will go back to the way things were before. This is simply not so.
I highly respect the ideal of giving hope to others whenever possible (as Aragorn says in Return Of The King "I give hope to men. I keep none for myself"). However, hope has to come from a legitimate place. It has to be based in some reality. There are too many lies driving public psychology right now to give concrete hope to anyone. The lies have to land, they have to touch ground, and the facts have to hit people hard before we can then come to an understanding of what we have to do to survive this event. In the meantime, the majority of people are going to be trapped in fantasy land, hypnotized by delusions of magical cures and economic silver bullets that will lead to salvation "in just two more weeks".
On top of all that, the American public has never been more divided than it is right now. Sure, we can soak in a bathtub of brain-dead dreams with worn-out elitist celebrities like Madonna, telling us that the virus "makes us all equal", but does it really? I'm sorry, but the truth that not all people are equal is about to become more apparent than ever before.
The pandemic along with the economic collapse is going to separate people into clearly definable categories, and many of these groups will be in direct conflict with each other:
The Prepared
These are the people that saw this event coming ahead of time and spent many months if not many years stocking supplies and training to survive it. The Prepared were smarter and had more insight into the reality of the situation than most people. If we were to apply evolutionary standards then The Prepared would be at the top of the food chain, the alpha species, but let's not let this go to our heads; there are many downsides to being a member of The Prepared.
In a just world, the masses would be going to The Prepared for answers to the crisis, and some do, but overall I think The Prepared will be more hated for their predictive capabilities than admired. This is why prepared people have to stick together, organize and protect one another; because the day is coming when they will be targeted as enemies of the collective.
The Unprepared
The Unprepared are not all alike. There are people who are arrogant and ignored all evidence of collapse presented to them ahead of time, and now they are going to suffer for that. These are the people I call "grasshoppers", as in the fable of 'The Ant And The Grasshopper'. They danced and played all summer and laughed at all the warnings of impending winter. These are the people who will act indignant and vicious when they are deprived of comfort, and they will demand that the ants give up their preps to save them (which is not going to happen).
There are other people who were merely oblivious to the situation and are mostly innocent in their lack of preparation They just weren't exposed to the available information for whatever reason. They live decent hard working lives and they are mostly innocent in all of this. They too will be faced with hard decisions in the near future - Some of them will try to prepare as best they can while the crisis is still in its early stages. Others will join the grasshoppers out of fear and demand a draconian government response.
The Independents
The Independents are people that will seek to solve the problems surrounding the crisis with their own ingenuity. They will not demand help from the government, nor will they demand that other people "share" their resources with them out of a sense of entitlement. They will ask for help where needed, but they will try to do the best they can to endure the crisis without trying to force others to make things easier for them.
The Independents will understand the difference between collectivism and voluntary organization. The first strategy requires force and fear, the second strategy does not. The Collectivists will try to interfere or even destroy The Independents, because if they are successful in organizing voluntarily and becoming prosperous through free market innovation then this will prove that the collectivist ideology is unnecessary and outdated. The Collectivists would rather "win" than be right in their thinking.
Comment: See this bit of satire for the large truths it contains:
Liberal treated with Hydroxychloroquine hopes to still die of COVID-19 to prove Trump's an idiot
The Collectivists
Collectivist people will applaud the vast expansion of government power and control, because within their cult religion government is god. To them, the pandemic is not a curse but a blessing, because it gives them a rationale to take part in a grand subjugation of other people and feel the power they have always wanted to feel. These are the people with inherent narcissistic and sociopathic traits within our culture. They represent only 1% to 5% of the total population, but they are predatory and single-minded in their goal to control others and feed off the world like parasites.
These people are not always elites. In fact, most of them are just like you and me in terms of status and income. In times of great crisis, these creatures tend to rise to the surface and reveal themselves. They feel particularly energized within environments that fuel tyranny; they love the feeling of power and will exploit crisis events as an excuse to act as evil as they always wanted to but could not during normal times. Take for example Doctor John Rademaker in Louisville, Kentucky who attacked a group of girls and tried to strangle one of them for "not social distancing". Once we consider the fact that by attacking the girls he was also breaking social distancing guidelines, it becomes clear that people like this don't actually care about their own rules, they only care that OTHER PEOPLE follow those rules.
Comment: This is where an understanding of how pathological thinking and behavior becomes rampant in times of instability:
They want to be the observers, like the Soviet Cheka. They know will never be at the top of the power totem pole, so they ride the coattails of tyranny and feed on whatever scraps of power they can get.
These people seem like they would not work well with others, but they do tend to congregate in groups as long as there is mutual gain to be had. They have all the character qualities of global elites including a complete lack of empathy, a penchant for self worship and idolization, zero belief in anything greater than themselves, a propensity towards deceit and violence to get what they want, and using disasters to their advantage.
The Global Elites
This is a tiny group of creatures that benefit the most from the pandemic crisis. Through this disaster they will be able to absorb vast amounts of hard assets for pennies on the dollar, devouring wealth and property from the middle class and changing the entire economy into something unrecognizable. The elites don't want your property and wealth simply because they are greedy; they want your property and wealth because they don't want YOU to have any. They want to end the concept of private property for all time, for without property and the ability to accumulate wealth through our labors the masses are always dependent on government for their survival.
Beyond this, the ultimate goal of the elites is a one world cashless society, as well as a one world government. Already, the US Senate is considering a bill that would create a digital dollar and a digital wallet system to replace paper currency. Other nations have begun going cashless, and the coronavirus is being used as an excuse to speed up the process. The UN's World Health Organization has specifically called for going cashless as well. Once the public is trapped into a digital system, they will never be able to trade without using the banks as the middle men, and all transactions will be tracked. Nothing will be private ever again, and with the push of a button what little wealth you are allowed to accumulate can be frozen within the new socialist control culture. You will be at the mercy of the government and the banks.
Moving past the economic, the elites have bigger dreams of a massive surveillance society in which every person is tracked 24 hours a day. Bill Gates is all over the mainstream news lately promoting the idea of tracking apps (like those already being used in China) to "fight the coronavirus". Apple and Google are pushing the agenda as well and are ready to launch tracking apps whenever the government is ready to write them into law.
The Global Elites do not care about saving lives. They do not care about saving the economy as we know it. They do not care about political affiliations. They are on their own side, and they only care about power. Like I said, we are NOT all in this together.
The Sheeple
Sheeple are people that have no capacity for self leadership. They will follow whoever they think has the best chance of securing their survival, even if those people have evil intentions. Sheeple are not necessarily nefarious minded, they just don't care about the bigger picture and they only see what is right in front of them. This is a different mindset from those of us that look for leadership in people that display integrity, experience and competence; Sheeple don't care about any of that. They just want to feel protected and secure no matter what, even if they have to sacrifice their freedoms in exchange for that feeling. They are a prime target for The Collectivists and The Global Elites.
Trying to talk sense to sheeple is almost impossible. They will not listen. You probably know a few Sheeple in your life who even now in the midst of a global collapse still think this crisis will be over in a matter of weeks and that the government will save them. Attempting to convince them otherwise is a waste of time.
All you can do is provide a better solution than the collectivists and hope The Sheeple follow your lead instead of the evil empire's when the crash hits hardest.
Irreconcilable Differences
These different types of people are mostly at odds with each other. There is no "we", there is no "us" and there is no "getting through this thing together". I will say that the vast majority of people do have a conscience, unlike the globalists that created this calamity in the first place, but that does not mean we will all end up on the same team. The dark magic of chaos is that it can be used to convince otherwise peaceful people to support horrifying tyranny in the name of the "greater good".
Beware anyone promoting the notion that we are "all in this together"; this is the gateway to collectivism and it is a blatant lie. As mentioned, there are establishment elites that plan to gain from this event while the rest of us suffer; they are NOT on our side or in our boat. They will use the pandemic and the simultaneous economic collapse (which they have engineered) to maneuver the public into abandoning their freedoms in the name of collective safety.
There are useful idiots and narcopaths out there that thrive in these types of unstable environments. They too are vampires seeking to bleed people dry while using the disaster as cover. These are the people screaming at strangers walking down the street that they need to "go back home" and "flatten the curve". These are the people calling the cops on their neighbors for talking in a group bigger than two or three. These are the local government officials calling for bans on church services even when they are held outside and follow the "guidelines" of social distancing. These are the people calling preppers "hoarders" and demanding that their supplies be redistributed. These are the people that revel in authoritarianism.
Understand that there are many sides to this conflict and very few of them are honorable. Listen to your conscience, listen to evidence, truth and reason, and choose your side wisely.
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Reader Comments
I have walked this rock too long to EVER believe that...
The robber (who looked like >90% of robbers) spun to try to swing the rifle to point at the cop who was right behind him. He died, of course. Turned out the rifle wasn't even loaded.
The guy at the cell store? THAT's the way to deal with it. [Link] Wham, BAM! Thank you fool!.
What... you and the mouse in your pocket?
My little family here are a mix of prepared and problem solvers. Stocked up on food, medication, and other supplies, mid February. Chewed up the lawn in the backyard and planting a garden. Checked into bylaws and hens are allowed, so that will come too.
Looking to build a barter system with our neighbours. Some neighbours grow certain vegetables, and fruits, we have others. Trade onions for garlic, trade eggs, give freely, etc. (Eventual moonshine up for trade too hehe )
I'm thinking true socialism (not the nonsense presented as "socialism" we see today) can come about from this. It will be national, and local. Each community helping and bartering with one another for goods, and working through what is best for you and your neighbours per block.
Not do away with money entirely, but to suppliment in so you buy less from the grocery store. I pay a few dollars more to get things from a little corner store which stocks good foods, because that dude is in my community. He is not an international coorporation, he is a dude like me, making ends meet. If I can help him with business and cash flow I will gladly pay the extra dollar or two. The local butcher as well, and they throw in good bones from farm animals raised as they ought for bone broth.
True socialism. I don't believe we have seen true socialism on our planet yet. Perhaps in isolated communities. But it has always been dictatorship disguised as socialism, or communisim, or capitalism.
Those with eyes let them see, those with ears let them hear.
I have been out in my garden since Good Friday and my neighbours have come to me saying I inspire them. My neighbours next to me have been out since then moreso than usual and they say it's because of my energy putting into my little plot of land here. I believe so much good can come from this. I see neighbours talking, chatting, I have never felt so close to those around me in my life.
I pray for good. I pray that the evil in this world is to be exposed and laid bare for all to see. I pray for the health, and safety, and security of all those fighting the oppresive systems, fighting for truth and true justice, because to fight that fight; it costs your life.
I believe that prayer is a frequency being sent out. We all operate on frequency... supposedly human being's frequencies reach the outer limits of our atmospheres, into space and if I can put out there, the positivity and a will to live and a drive to be more, to be the be human being you ought to be, it should resonate with others. They will feel it within themselves... in their guts in their hearts, their intuitions. The little voice inside that speaks truth.
We are connected but we are NOT "in this together" connected; what utter bull poop! Idk that feels contradictory but it makes sense to me.
Cultivate independance. Cultivate sovereignty. Cultivate freedom. Within yourself. Within your family. Your friends. Your neighbours. And watch it bloom in the face of adversity. Be. The. Light.
(Sorry Imma little tipsey right now. Another great day working the land, feeling the soil under my nails, hanging with people face to face as we ought! I love you all, truly, I wish for the best and that every one stay SANE through this "we're in this together" nonsense and the zeitgeist that is cheering on the healthcare workers at shift change. (7pm here). Cause as far as I'm concerned, apart from a little bit of overwhelming feeling at some times, which is quickly reigned in, I am not in this panic, fear state with those "sheeple" in it together.
I am not looking for someone else to solve my problems. I am an able bodied, strong, young lady and I can solve my own damn problems and my family's problems and my friend's and neighbour's problems which will allow them to solve their own problems and pass it forward THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
And, honestly, I am not ashamed of being a sheep. For I am the Lord's sheep, He is my shepherd. I am a lil sheep in wolf's skin, chameleon-ing through this unforgiving and relentless world.)
As always. God bless my fellow peasants!
Love what you are. Be what you ought! Eff the global parasites!!
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I like the local governance. I think that's more what I was trying to get at. I think it would take some time to get things done but if it was a good governnce they would hear everyone out and make the best decision. Perhaps easier to do with a smaller population of people.
But what would happen if one comunity believed they should go to another and piliage... then we'll be right back where we started. What is good for one may not be good for another....
Society!! Simple but complex? Complex but simple?
I remember those days you describe, of hot, short summers. That was back when the skies were actually still blue here. Now, 45+ years later, they are just a memory. Growing season is shorter by 1.5 months, heat never builds so the only way I can grow food in summer is by growing ALL SUMMER in a greenhouse. The "April showers bring May flowers" used to be true, but now it is April snow, May showers, and it starts to warm up about 3 weeks into June. The "hot" part used to be in late July and August. Now it is 1 week in July. By August, we have highs around 55 F.
Was planning to move my whole family about 3200 miles south, to another country,. A country where the food lives and the skies are still blue ... deep blue. Ordered certified paperwork, hired an immigration attorney, and DEAD STOP because Illinois doesn't feel obligated to process paperwork.
Monkey brains instinctively understand fair and cheating behaviours. In fact all animals do, so it is easy to understand when the love of money, for monies sake is a simple evil that destroys cooperation. Everyone likes a winner yet if cheating is required it will actively turn all against the economic order. Barter is very hard to tax. Value changes.
The setting of a narrative - such as getting through a war against a virus - co-opts those who don't believe viruses are the cause - and yet reacting against a narrative is a counter-narrative that does the same thing.
Self isolation is recoil from relation and recoil from Infinity.
The thing to watch out for in our self or in others, is the 'telling' or framing of Reality that appeals to sympathies and antipathies of an already active set of internalised but often invisible fears.
When any one releases structural identity for freedom to align in sharing life rather than telling it what to be, the gift is to all - indiscriminately - because joy's nature is radiance.
We cold say we are in shit together - or entanglements of fear, guilt, hate, war, deceit and pain of loss - with various strategies of coping, surviving or attempting to escape, overcome or get rid of it, or manage and control it, or trying to love it.
But we can also say that at the level of our being, we all share one life - regardless what we then each and together make of it.
There is nothing sentimental in the love that rises from such recognition. But there is a resonance of being without conflict in yourself - and this allows or opens a way of seeing ourselves in others instead of judging ourselves in others - as an intent of social distancing, self isolation and lock-stepping with mutually reinforcing agreements.
There are parts or facets and levels of our greater self that are still hidden by the judgements that WANT it cast out.
The underlying unity is not agreements at the level of forms, beliefs or ways of thinking and seeing, but in truly aligned purpose.
Conflicted and conflicting purposes split the mind, and the mind casts out or projects the split to escape the raw pain or dissonance so as to protect a sense of private control, held back or taken from the Whole, for itself apart and alone.
I am not writing about the roles and drama of the world, but about what runs beneath and structures our thought, perceptions and reactions - whether we know what we do, or run as if the self-in-struggle is all that we are, and set apart, isolated and in need of external alliance or power to bolster its weakness to threat.
Reacting against something is still an emotional investment in what you are saying you do NOT want or accept.
When something triggers our sense of grievance or attack, we have a default reaction that gets, reinforces or makes a 'self' from and upon denial.
You are not called upon to be passive or a doormat in releasing your judgement upon yourself, when your recognition of another suddenly reveal you to yourself. And your response to them will release them of what your old script was running to instead relate directly. There is no way to codify what love is without becoming coded to virtue signalling as if to then be loving.
Integrity of being is what we all need as a clarity and surety of decision - which includes choosing not to act until the movement is clear.
I am pointing to that in you which notices your thoughts rather than that which thinks that it thinks alone - or in lockstep - or in shifting alliances of limited and limiting transaction. Recognition does not require thinking or doing, so much as free awareness aligning the natural desire of your being. The mind set against disclosure is ingenious in its capacity to package it as being denied by others, by circumstances, by past events, by habits, appetites or threats arising as a sense of lack.
The desire to know or be certain is the desire for peace - at your core. This will bring up fear of losing your self as you have adapted, woven or grown for yourself because the masking over or persona is the way of evading or hiding a sense of lack - from which a 'separation' complex - or trauma unfolds the driven sense of developing abilities as a self-separateness set over and against a shifting reality on which possession and control set up a dispossession and in time and timing a recognition of releasing a limiting and exclusive centre for a connected extension of a naturally centring movement of being.
This will be delayed or obstructed by the attempt to heal or wake or teach from an unhealed mind that thinks its thinking should have power because it was taken from true insight. Living Context is everything - and as such embraces everyone and everything involved. Our little linear thinking faculty cannot even approach the Open System of Life - and yet here we are seeking to control reality as a magic that brings tragic consequence from which the bringing of imbalance and balance together allows the self to be an instrument or channel of living expression.
Unselfconscious joy is our natural and divine inherence. Self-conscious inhibitions arise from hurting our self and others. The ability to hate and hurt needs containment and resolution, but the ability to extend and receive love does NOT need inhibition but conscious acceptance - that of itself shares through you.
If you are in grievance, you can see everyone through your grievance and whatever they do or say, assign roles and motives that reinforce and justify your position. This is not difficult to notice during the course of any or every day. Now is everyone in grievance with you - or do you hold them there and choose to believe it?
If you have a glimpse of this consider the alternative. If you are in blessing of any moment or kind or degree, you can see everyone in release of roles you no longer require of them. Regardless what they are choosing for themselves.
However the presence of anyone who accepts you just as you are without needing you to be something for them, is felt as love.