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Last week there was a conversation over on boss' blog in which I left a very long comment regarding how we get out of this crisis. The comment was long enough to be a blog post, so with that in mind, I've included it below.

Be sure to check out the comment on boss' blog to understand the context. And for more on the subject of how we get out of this mess, see our previous discussions on the "out of darkness comes light" concept.

i agree that it requires a bit of optimism, perhaps to a delusional extent, to see how this scenario can end well when a lot of the tech stuff is about not hiring many people and enjoying 80% profit margins. with that said i do believe there is a golden age of sorts coming, so perhaps i am by my own standards a delusional optimist.

the argument goes something like this:

1. the current crisis not just an economic one; it is a political one.

2. if we can accept that the crisis is beyond just the stock market being down and unemployment up, we can see how this may lead to the collapse of governments, war, riots, rebellions, revolutions, and that type of stuff. (to clarify i do not advocate violence, generally the only thing i advocate is hanging out at the beach. i am just saying what a lot of historians expect). we are already seeing this in iceland and greece, and of course war is an everyday occurrence, just ask folks in the middle east.

3. out in conspiracy world, virtually all conspiracists agree that all this stuff is being done by design to create a "new world order" which will be a one world government with a one world monetary system and eventually a one world currency (it is unclear whether we are going to jump straight to a one world currency or a regional currency or exactly how this monetary crisis is going to play out. but serious conspiracists are in agreement that greater centralization of the global economy is an objective, and that a centrally planned global economy is a major goal).

4. personally, i dont think the elite are going to get their new world order. in many ways this is nothing new, there is always some fool trying to take over the world (roman empire, hitler, etc). it always ends the same way, the empire devalues the currency as a way of robbing the people and trying to finance its empire. eventually people wake up after they get robbed and the empire collapses. society is left in ruins, but is free to rebuild itself. rest assured, we are on the same path here. history does indeed repeat, doubly so when no one is paying attention.

so what happens when the new world order fails?

1. i think people grossly underestimate how much of a hindrance govt is. we have as much innovation as we do in spite of the immense amount of taxes and regulation we experience. once we are freed from the parasite that we call govt, there will be tons of new industries, innovation and progress will be MUCH easier (and hence a speedy recovery is conceivable) as we will be able to have stable capitalism, something most of us haven't experienced. while stupid people taking loans they cant afford is a part of the issue, govt is the primary cause of this mess.

2. related to this is the amount of suppressed information. all sorts of alternative medicines, energies, technologies are already developed. aside from cancer and HIV, the biggest joke in the world has to be energy scarcity. free energy is real but suppressed. when these technologies are unleashed it could create a golden era with tons of new industries and an even lower cost of living. not to mention cheaper bandwidth!!!! hooray!!!!

3. people will have to open their minds and learn new skills. that is one of the biggest obstacles given that most people who stumble upon this comment are too closed minded to even read the whole thing (granted i am getting kinda long winded here but it's important! )

alternatively, the openly stated agenda of the elite working to create their new world order is to establish a one world government and then introduce a eugenics/human population program to reduce the world population by 80% - 95%. china is the model here, note it is both a centrally planned economy (which we in the US now are as well) with population control. the whole "green movement" is largely about creating the illusion of environmental scarcity, which will be the pretext by which they sell population control. so much of this stuff is admitted, they literally write books about it and brag about it. it is kinda ridiculous.

i sort of wrote about the collapse and renaissance at the link below, though i was focusing more on the collapse as this was a couple years ago. i also toss in spirtual stuff because most conspiracists agree there is something "out of this world" that is involved in what is going on (fundamentalist christians will say the elite are channelling the devil....i think they are a bit mistaken but either way they have been right on so much for the past 10 years so i take their viewpoints seriously)

Culture 2.0: The Collapse of Everything

anyway this stuff will sound ridiculous if you have not heard it before but like i said the conspiracists have seen this whole thing coming. and it is from this viewpoint how i can see a golden age could emerge.

of course it will take the facts, i.e. the Truth...the truth will set you free, as conspiracists are fond of saying.