Western society has been hostage to the same pathology for over 2,000 years. Today, we are in a better position than ever to end this curse and emancipate humanity.
© Alex Krainer's SubstackSociety has been hostage to the same pathology for over 2,000 years!
In his remarks to the United Nations General Assembly in October 2014,
Noam Chomsky opened with the statement that, "Many of the world's problems are so intractable that it's hard to think of ways even to take steps toward mitigating them." Since that speech, things only got worse and in addition to the festering social, political and economic crises plaguing the developed world, we find ourselves at risk of sliding toward another World War.
All this seems unnecessary and preventable; yet in spite of the fact that an overwhelming majority of people around the world abhor these developments, it seems oddly difficult for us to change course. Why are our economies chronically in crises? Why are the poverty rates rising? Why do we have people sleeping in the streets?
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Modern industrial economies are extraordinarily productive, so how come we aren't concerned about overabundance or anxious about how to properly enjoy all the blessings? Furthermore, given that all sane people around the world detest war, where does this state of permanent warfare come from? Is it from the democratic will of the people? Clearly not, since ordinary people almost always vote for anti-war candidates. Chomsky was right:
we really are up against intractable problems.This is part 1 of a 2-part report. Both parts 1 and 2 are available in a YouTube video below (and no, it's not AI):
Comment: It is clear that the West is not looking for regime change in Pakistan as they already put their man in place there. If they had wanted regime change, Western media outlets would have framed the insurgents as freedom fighters and strongly condemned the response by authorities. The US is mostly also happy with some insurgents who blow up Chinese building infrastructure from time to time. Solving the issue by addressing the issue of the people there as India is suggesting, is not favorable to the rulers and their Western backers as this low intensity violence is more condusive to hampering China and also India.
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