Question Shit is changing in the world... the collective is rageful. Anyone got any ideas coming through for them?

[Ichor]

agree with you heavily, I think it's only this year that I'm actually processing how much "identitarian politics" contributes to dividing people. a lot of it (lies in politics and media and also online) feels like intentional disinformation, like "psychological operations" or something; for me sometimes it gets hard not to succumb to paranoia and fall down the conspiracy rabbit hole. sometimes I'm stuck down that hole for entire days and it's not a lot of fun :/

from an occult-esoteric-mystical POV (magic studies, my main field) I'd say that much of the information that the average person is exposed to during our contemporary times straight-up can't be processed rationally, which is why conspiracy has such an easy time taking hold of people. all politics imo have this unstable emotional quality to them, generations upon generations of trauma coming to the surface, no one really knows what to do or say or think... plus the way in which we are exposed to media as a whole literally has the power to make people fully trance out.

again, I'm biased cos I'm from a magic studies background, but at this point I feel like one viable strategy would be to literally hack the brains of people who cause the most pain, go into their dreams, bind their self-esteem into a knot, incapacitate them psychologically, and make sure people on the ground have the resources to look out for each other without interference from the elites. I guess that's my strategy (if I had to put phase 1 into words), we'll see how well it works out, right now it feels super unrealistic but it's the direction my research is heading in. give people some space to breathe, if nothing else...

I personally think there needs to be serious discussions about the consequences of poor behavior in politics. If you do a, b can happen, and b is not something you want because c and d. If people understood that their actions can lead to things they don’t want they would feel more inclined not to behave in unproductive bad ways, and more empathetic towards other people who are having a really rough time.

A good example is if you emotionally react to a piece of news in strong ways it can make you and any groups you’re associated with look bad. This can affect how people perceive you and consequently what you believe negatively. You don’t want this because it leads to erroneous assumptions about you and people you are close to.

Another potential consequence of emotional reactivity is harming people who are relatively innocent. Humans don’t do things perfectly, and human relations are messy by default even more so when emotions run high. It’s easier to misinterpret people this way. This can also lead to erroneous assumptions mentioned above.

 

[Glomero]

The problem is rooted in the corrupting nature of power structures. True power comes from within. I propose that like minded individuals who are capable of collaboration must begin developing efficient forms of calorie production with much smaller groups of people, that does not rely on the supply chains rooted in power structure.

They are removing the forests and turning them into money, lots and lots of money. I've been able to grow oyster mushrooms from inoculation to first pick in 23 days. They grow in a vast array if "waste" byproducts. The spent mycelium is a valuable product that can be vermicomposted into incredible castings, rich in both NPK and microbial diversity.

We are facing a phosphorous crisis. Phosphorous is a crucial mineral that is absolutely vital for food production. WE ARE EXPECTING TO EXHAUST ATTAINABLE PHOSPHOROUS RESERVES THAT ALLOW FOR LARGE SCALE AGRICULTURE IN 50-100 YEARS.

of course, OF COURSE the power structures will become more totalitarian. It does not matter if it is the right or left, the math simply does not support the food production, not even considering the amount of farmland that has been decimated by unsustainable agricultural methods. 80% OF PHOSPHOROUS FERTILIZER WASHES OFF INTO AND POISONS WATERWAYS, creating dead zones and toxic algal blooms.

I am eager to work with members of the coming generations who are not distracted by excessive noise. This coming generation WILL BE THE ONES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE, not globally, but locally. It is now that we find our tribes, do as best we can to learn from our history, and to prepare for the catastrophe looming directly in front of us. Abandon power structure, do not seek to fix the system BY WORKING WITH THE SYSTEM. The right and the left are the right and left hands of the same greedy power structure, that is completely disconnected from the natural rhythms of life. The dopamine stomach never becomes full, only more hungry.

Worship no egregore above the truth, the truth that we all are born from and the truth we will all return to, the rhizosphere