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Heidi Kulcheski's avatar

It's awfully depressing isn't it, both what's happening and the insane apathy amongst those it's happening to. Sometimes I think I was better off not knowing.

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William Hunter Duncan's avatar

Better to know I think, to continue to grow.

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Heidi Kulcheski's avatar

I know, ignorance is not really bliss.

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Sharine Borslien's avatar

Hunter, I just tried to type a lengthy reply to your great article, but AI started moving my words around AS I WAS TYPING. It's so fucking creepy. This has been happening to me for about two months.

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William Hunter Duncan's avatar

Maybe douse that computer with sage....

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Sharine Borslien's avatar

Like this?😂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feMRUH35jQo

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William Hunter Duncan's avatar

😀😇😀

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John Haupt's avatar

Western civilization has been under attack for quite a long time now. They are beginning to see the fruits of their labor. There are huge cracks in the foundation.

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William Hunter Duncan's avatar

Not least by those who lead the West....

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John Haupt's avatar

The last 4 years has made me very cynical. I have lost all trust in our institutions. It’s like we need to build an entire alternate civilization alongside our current one.

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William Hunter Duncan's avatar

Exactly. It's like what I tell people about off-grid. Keep your house on grid, do as much as you can off-grid, when the power goes out and everybody else is freaking out, you and yours are thriving.

These institutions are destroying themselves from within. I don't think there is any stopping that, only mitigating the fallout.

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John Haupt's avatar

Very bleak. 😢

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William Hunter Duncan's avatar

All the more reason to keep one's head up, be proactive, take initiative, help build a local food economy.

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