As you rightly point out, this is a well-known phenomenon, and in some circles, they call this deterritorialization (try saying that 10 times fast lol): the feeling that society is crumbling all around you.
Roughly speaking, it entails a feeling of a loss of territory, though that territory is mostly abstract in nature. It is used in critical theory to explain repercussions or causes of events, such as the Dreyfus affair. Because certain social strata fear they are being swept aside, they react in a knee-jerk manner to arrogate power and regain lost territory.
However, although it can be ascribed to a malaise of the older generation giving way to the younger, let's face it, sometimes they may actually be right and society may in fact be crumbling! It wouldn't be too bold to suggest that that is the case today.
Excellent points. I suppose my view of it is that all human institutions are in a constant state of flux, always morphing and evolving. Us old phartes look at the changes to the changes we made, and we despair that our legacy was so fleeting.
Sometimes the changes, such as from Swing to Big Band to Crooners is not so jarring, but then Elvis and Jerry Lee come on the scene and rip up the rule books. This was explored in Peter Schaffer's brilliant play, "Amadeus" (and the movie wasn't half bad either).
I suppose the ultimate question is, how do we tell when things are truly falling apart, or just evolving as things always do?
Western society is indeed crumbling: Britain, of all places, seems to be developing a problem with random body parts being found across the country. Search of 'body parts found' brings up recent headlines in UK and America. Curiously, cannibalism seems to be en vogue too. I don't think it's a yoot vs elderly thing. People have extended their atrocious manners even to the disposal of their dead victims. Rude.
I've noticed the story pop up here and there. Years ago, it was common on the Texas/Mexico border and along the Pacific coast, as well. It's common among criminal gangs as a warning to others who would challenge the leadership, much like hanging coyote carcasses on fences. I'm afraid the efforts to improve governance and business regulation will not fix the fundamental social decay. It's the same with any empire in decline. Some manage to survive for a time as a dictatorship, but they all ultimately collapse.
In Blighty we've always had a criminal underworld and people got offed frequently. Back in the day though, the crims at least gave their vics a burial, even if it was just a shallow grave in the woods.
Great history lesson. I do think we are in a different situation now, however, because 5.5 billion people have been injected with the mRNA bioweapon. The lipid nanoparticles are designed to sicken or kill outright, as you know, through heart issues or greatly speeding up cancers by weakening the immune system, among other maladies. So, while you are correct about the past and societies rising then falling from decay primarily or military destruction, none of those societies, even the Islamic ones, promoted mass murder of everyone.
Fred Gwynne was very funny in that movie with Joe Pesce and his description of the "yuts". The expression on his face, a Southerner trying to understand Joe's NJ/NY accent, was priceless. I think it was Gwynne's last movie, too.
You are correct about the Frankenvaxxx. It represents an entirely new threat to humanity. I note, however, that there are many many people who live in remote places, with some such as the island tribe off the coast of India being openly hostile to outsiders. Nature, I believe, has her own "seed vaults".
I personally don't think the Frankenvaxxx was anywhere near as effective as they had hoped. For one thing, viruses do not exist in the wild and don't function they way we are told. For another, DNA is self-correcting, and will their toxins have affected millions, it is not the superweapon they were planning on. This is not to say they won't try again.
Years ago, I documented a study at MD Anderson Cancer Center, where they used "virus" shells to inject normal p53 genes into tumors. In every case, it seemed to have an immediate effect, but it soon tapered off as the body corrected itself. Despite the vile bastids trying to kill off their competitors, they will ultimately fail, both by us educating each other, and by Nature taking care of her own.
The unknown is the process of shedding from vaxxed to non-vaxxed continuing the spread, plus they are not screening blood donations for the spiked proteins. And they are injecting mRNA into animals in the food chain. I think potentially the worst part is the effect on young people of child making/bearing age, rendering them infertile, which is a major problem. You are correct about the self-correcting ability of DNA and there are protocols that can eliminate or at least ameliorate the effects.. Ivermectin has been shown to be highly effective in destroying the tumors and fighting the spiked proteins. So, there is hope. But we all need to exercise eternal vigilance directed at the medical/pharmaceutical industry: like the military industrial complex that Eisenhower warned of, they are usually up to no good, and focused on money and power.
True in a strict sense. In the case of Rome, one can argue that the Vatican is a continuation of the Holy Roman Empire, where Latin is still the official language. Roman administrative law is deeply rooted in Western legal systems even today, where Latin phrases are commonly used. European languages still regularly use Latin cognates, modern theatre (and cinema) are profoundly influenced by Roman literature and the venue designs are iterations of Roman theatres. Roman viaducts and roads are still commonly used throughout Europe. I would also argue that the animosity between the West and Russia is an extension of the Great Schism between Roma and Constantinople. So though the Roman empire is not named as such today, it is still quite alive and viable.
I also wonder where all the Old World buildings fit into our history. Nothing makes sense. How could we have written words from the ancient past and no clue how they built the White House (along with it’s subterranean foundations)?
I live maybe 150km from the Java Pyramid, currently the oldest man-made structure on the planet. Why are pyramids ubiquitous? Why are three doors, with a larger center door, an architectural feature found everywhere and in all time periods? Why could the ancients quarry and move stones that would be impossible with all our technology? And why was Humphry Bogart a leading man?
GeraldCelente is referring to the COVID experience as a crime [I would call it an act of war, 5G by the CCP, but hysteria is plentiful and doesn't need my help], which could be the 'unifiying collective experience' for a future that's less Western [inherent rights can be problematic in an opaque world] and more Eastern [Confucian, not Daoist] with some moneyed assistance to restack the idea of civil rights for the future, complete with people from less democratic societies via immigration to the US.
But I'm flirting with "dufferDom" and bliss has never been reliable in my experience.
As you will see Wednesday, great minds arrive at similar conclusions given similar evidence. There is clearly a war on the Enlightenment ideals and the ascendent individual. There appears to be a burning desire to herd humanity into collective hive mind. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Somehow your essay finds perpetuations of aging concerns. Grievances claiming “It was better before”. We are easily hypnotised by Trump’s M.A.G.A. which is this same old lamentation that takes for granted, if we could only repeat the past, it would all be OK again. The elders all agree, and the younger’s sit accepting a paternal rhetoric, for a moment. Each generation seems to feel that solving life's difficulties is novel, if not their own unique experience. The solutions are NEW by comparison to how they see parental obsolescence. We are easily trapped into referencing the past, and are happier believing that if we apply the “old ways” stability will resume. Each generation seems to consider the other as so out of touch. I keep believing as a 70 Y/Old, that parenting my 16 y/old keeps me young at heart. She repeatedly says to me, “You’re gonna die soon. What will I do with you?” Ehh!
Yowzers! Having a teenager when you should be out enjoying the pasture will certainly keep you fit, if nothing else. I doff my hat to you, good sir!
I find myself thinking of Churchill's quote, "A young man who is not a liberal has no heart, and an old man who is not conservative has no brain." Age and experience makes us risk adverse, while youthful exuberance makes us stupid, but sometimes stupidity makes exceptional discoveries. Where would we be if Magellan had known the true size of the planet and decided to blow off his voyage?
Let's never forget the Redneck's Famous Last Words, "Here, hol' mah beer 'n' warch this."
Thank you. We do live beside a river across from which there is 500 acres of light forrest. At 5.30 each morning young women train racehorses with delight full squeals. "Before you cross the street, take my hand. Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.” John Lennon. Kinda my life really. I expect 120 yrs, cos I’m un vAx’d. Jeunesse peut-être?
The loss of morality and the loss of respect (obedience) to elders are two different things. The elders insist on their authority so they may get fed, clothed, and sheltered by the young.
Birth rates are dropping, but the elders aren't worried. They should be.
Great article but for me, with no grandkids, I don't have skin in the game and don't give a damn if the human race continues or not.
TT - To cite George Carlin, there's something to be said for having front-row seats to the shit show. One way or another, our current civilization will vanish, slowly at first, then all at once. There will be echoes and odors for centuries, of course, but every generation remakes the world in its own image. Sometimes that self-image is bold and heroic, and sometimes its lethargic and melancholic. And yet humanity has survived the worst that Nature has thrown at us. It's like kicking an ant pile. You come back the next day and it looks pretty much the same -- until you pour gasoline on it and set it ablaze.
As you rightly point out, this is a well-known phenomenon, and in some circles, they call this deterritorialization (try saying that 10 times fast lol): the feeling that society is crumbling all around you.
Roughly speaking, it entails a feeling of a loss of territory, though that territory is mostly abstract in nature. It is used in critical theory to explain repercussions or causes of events, such as the Dreyfus affair. Because certain social strata fear they are being swept aside, they react in a knee-jerk manner to arrogate power and regain lost territory.
However, although it can be ascribed to a malaise of the older generation giving way to the younger, let's face it, sometimes they may actually be right and society may in fact be crumbling! It wouldn't be too bold to suggest that that is the case today.
Excellent points. I suppose my view of it is that all human institutions are in a constant state of flux, always morphing and evolving. Us old phartes look at the changes to the changes we made, and we despair that our legacy was so fleeting.
Sometimes the changes, such as from Swing to Big Band to Crooners is not so jarring, but then Elvis and Jerry Lee come on the scene and rip up the rule books. This was explored in Peter Schaffer's brilliant play, "Amadeus" (and the movie wasn't half bad either).
I suppose the ultimate question is, how do we tell when things are truly falling apart, or just evolving as things always do?
Western society is indeed crumbling: Britain, of all places, seems to be developing a problem with random body parts being found across the country. Search of 'body parts found' brings up recent headlines in UK and America. Curiously, cannibalism seems to be en vogue too. I don't think it's a yoot vs elderly thing. People have extended their atrocious manners even to the disposal of their dead victims. Rude.
I've noticed the story pop up here and there. Years ago, it was common on the Texas/Mexico border and along the Pacific coast, as well. It's common among criminal gangs as a warning to others who would challenge the leadership, much like hanging coyote carcasses on fences. I'm afraid the efforts to improve governance and business regulation will not fix the fundamental social decay. It's the same with any empire in decline. Some manage to survive for a time as a dictatorship, but they all ultimately collapse.
In Blighty we've always had a criminal underworld and people got offed frequently. Back in the day though, the crims at least gave their vics a burial, even if it was just a shallow grave in the woods.
Chris, I remember a movie back in the hippie days where the young killed the elders. Seemed like a good idea back then. Maybe it still is.
TT - That would be "200 Motels" by Frank Zappa.
Great history lesson. I do think we are in a different situation now, however, because 5.5 billion people have been injected with the mRNA bioweapon. The lipid nanoparticles are designed to sicken or kill outright, as you know, through heart issues or greatly speeding up cancers by weakening the immune system, among other maladies. So, while you are correct about the past and societies rising then falling from decay primarily or military destruction, none of those societies, even the Islamic ones, promoted mass murder of everyone.
Fred Gwynne was very funny in that movie with Joe Pesce and his description of the "yuts". The expression on his face, a Southerner trying to understand Joe's NJ/NY accent, was priceless. I think it was Gwynne's last movie, too.
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You are correct about the Frankenvaxxx. It represents an entirely new threat to humanity. I note, however, that there are many many people who live in remote places, with some such as the island tribe off the coast of India being openly hostile to outsiders. Nature, I believe, has her own "seed vaults".
I personally don't think the Frankenvaxxx was anywhere near as effective as they had hoped. For one thing, viruses do not exist in the wild and don't function they way we are told. For another, DNA is self-correcting, and will their toxins have affected millions, it is not the superweapon they were planning on. This is not to say they won't try again.
Years ago, I documented a study at MD Anderson Cancer Center, where they used "virus" shells to inject normal p53 genes into tumors. In every case, it seemed to have an immediate effect, but it soon tapered off as the body corrected itself. Despite the vile bastids trying to kill off their competitors, they will ultimately fail, both by us educating each other, and by Nature taking care of her own.
The unknown is the process of shedding from vaxxed to non-vaxxed continuing the spread, plus they are not screening blood donations for the spiked proteins. And they are injecting mRNA into animals in the food chain. I think potentially the worst part is the effect on young people of child making/bearing age, rendering them infertile, which is a major problem. You are correct about the self-correcting ability of DNA and there are protocols that can eliminate or at least ameliorate the effects.. Ivermectin has been shown to be highly effective in destroying the tumors and fighting the spiked proteins. So, there is hope. But we all need to exercise eternal vigilance directed at the medical/pharmaceutical industry: like the military industrial complex that Eisenhower warned of, they are usually up to no good, and focused on money and power.
Danny
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You are hereby assigned to my Ego Stroking Club. Welcome aboard! Thank you, I do humbly appreciate your comment.
Thing is... Rome did fall as well as other empires when they failed to pass on their traditions and values...
True in a strict sense. In the case of Rome, one can argue that the Vatican is a continuation of the Holy Roman Empire, where Latin is still the official language. Roman administrative law is deeply rooted in Western legal systems even today, where Latin phrases are commonly used. European languages still regularly use Latin cognates, modern theatre (and cinema) are profoundly influenced by Roman literature and the venue designs are iterations of Roman theatres. Roman viaducts and roads are still commonly used throughout Europe. I would also argue that the animosity between the West and Russia is an extension of the Great Schism between Roma and Constantinople. So though the Roman empire is not named as such today, it is still quite alive and viable.
LOL! -"Yootz?"...."What's a 'Yoot' ?" Great stuff, and true on many levels. TY!
The film is packed with some of the best soliloquies in modern cinema. A grossly overlooked film, in my opinion.
This makes me think of the Tower of Babel.
I also wonder where all the Old World buildings fit into our history. Nothing makes sense. How could we have written words from the ancient past and no clue how they built the White House (along with it’s subterranean foundations)?
I live maybe 150km from the Java Pyramid, currently the oldest man-made structure on the planet. Why are pyramids ubiquitous? Why are three doors, with a larger center door, an architectural feature found everywhere and in all time periods? Why could the ancients quarry and move stones that would be impossible with all our technology? And why was Humphry Bogart a leading man?
GeraldCelente is referring to the COVID experience as a crime [I would call it an act of war, 5G by the CCP, but hysteria is plentiful and doesn't need my help], which could be the 'unifiying collective experience' for a future that's less Western [inherent rights can be problematic in an opaque world] and more Eastern [Confucian, not Daoist] with some moneyed assistance to restack the idea of civil rights for the future, complete with people from less democratic societies via immigration to the US.
But I'm flirting with "dufferDom" and bliss has never been reliable in my experience.
As you will see Wednesday, great minds arrive at similar conclusions given similar evidence. There is clearly a war on the Enlightenment ideals and the ascendent individual. There appears to be a burning desire to herd humanity into collective hive mind. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Somehow your essay finds perpetuations of aging concerns. Grievances claiming “It was better before”. We are easily hypnotised by Trump’s M.A.G.A. which is this same old lamentation that takes for granted, if we could only repeat the past, it would all be OK again. The elders all agree, and the younger’s sit accepting a paternal rhetoric, for a moment. Each generation seems to feel that solving life's difficulties is novel, if not their own unique experience. The solutions are NEW by comparison to how they see parental obsolescence. We are easily trapped into referencing the past, and are happier believing that if we apply the “old ways” stability will resume. Each generation seems to consider the other as so out of touch. I keep believing as a 70 Y/Old, that parenting my 16 y/old keeps me young at heart. She repeatedly says to me, “You’re gonna die soon. What will I do with you?” Ehh!
Yowzers! Having a teenager when you should be out enjoying the pasture will certainly keep you fit, if nothing else. I doff my hat to you, good sir!
I find myself thinking of Churchill's quote, "A young man who is not a liberal has no heart, and an old man who is not conservative has no brain." Age and experience makes us risk adverse, while youthful exuberance makes us stupid, but sometimes stupidity makes exceptional discoveries. Where would we be if Magellan had known the true size of the planet and decided to blow off his voyage?
Let's never forget the Redneck's Famous Last Words, "Here, hol' mah beer 'n' warch this."
Thank you. We do live beside a river across from which there is 500 acres of light forrest. At 5.30 each morning young women train racehorses with delight full squeals. "Before you cross the street, take my hand. Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.” John Lennon. Kinda my life really. I expect 120 yrs, cos I’m un vAx’d. Jeunesse peut-être?
Toute la vie est constituée de différentes étapes de jeunesse, avec la bonne perspective. Sounds idyllic.
The loss of morality and the loss of respect (obedience) to elders are two different things. The elders insist on their authority so they may get fed, clothed, and sheltered by the young.
Birth rates are dropping, but the elders aren't worried. They should be.
Great article but for me, with no grandkids, I don't have skin in the game and don't give a damn if the human race continues or not.
TT - To cite George Carlin, there's something to be said for having front-row seats to the shit show. One way or another, our current civilization will vanish, slowly at first, then all at once. There will be echoes and odors for centuries, of course, but every generation remakes the world in its own image. Sometimes that self-image is bold and heroic, and sometimes its lethargic and melancholic. And yet humanity has survived the worst that Nature has thrown at us. It's like kicking an ant pile. You come back the next day and it looks pretty much the same -- until you pour gasoline on it and set it ablaze.
Rufus, Nature hasn't thrown its worst at us yet.