Published on Jan 8, 2015
Catastrophe occurs when too many people refuse
to accept that around us always are two universes at work. There is the
cold, hard reality that underlies everything. And on the surface is a
veil of deceit and compromise. The more humanity compromises vital
truths in order to enjoy the comfort of illusions, the more
mind-shattering it will be when those illusions fall away. These two
worlds can coexist only for short periods of time, and they will always
and eventually collide. There is no other possible outcome. From Brandon
Smith, Here: http://www.alt-market.com/articles/2462-we-are-entering-an-era-of-shattered-illusions
We Are Entering An Era Of Shattered Illusions
Wednesday, 07 January 2015 05:05 Brandon Smith
Wednesday, 07 January 2015 05:05 Brandon Smith
The structure
of history is held together by two essential and distinct kinds of
links, two moments in time to which no one is immune: moments of
epiphany, and moments of catastrophe. Sometimes, both elements
intermingle at the birth of a singular epoch. Men often awaken to
understanding in the midst of great crisis; and, invariably, great
crises can erupt when men awaken. These are the moments when social
gravity vanishes, when the kinetic glue of normalcy melts away, and we
begin to see the true foundations of our world, if a foundation exists
at all.
Catastrophe occurs when too many people refuse
to accept that around us always are two universes at work. There is the
cold, hard reality that underlies everything. And on the surface is a
veil of deceit and compromise. The more humanity compromises vital
truths in order to enjoy the comfort of illusions, the more
mind-shattering it will be when those illusions fall away. These two
worlds can coexist only for short periods of time, and they will always
and eventually collide. There is no other possible outcome.
I think it could be said that the more polarized
our realities become, the more explosive and disastrous the reaction
will be when the separation is removed. I feel it absolutely necessary
to relate this danger because today humanity is living so historically
far from the bedrock of reality, political reality, social reality and
economic reality that the stage has been set for a kind of full spectrum
destabilization that has never been seen before.
Though my analysis tends to lean toward the
economic side of things, I am not only speaking of shattered illusions
in the financial realm. In my next article, one last time I plan to go
over nearly every mainstream economic statistic used today to misdirect
the public (from national debt to
unemployment to inflation to retail sales and corporate profits) and
expose why they are false while giving you the real numbers. Most of my
regular readers are familiar with much of this information, but I think
it important to consolidate it all in a single article so that we can
take stock of where our society sits fiscally as we enter 2015. For now,
though, I want to discuss the core problem of self-deception, the
problem that makes all the rest of our problems possible.
When the initial phase of the global collapse
was triggered in 2007 and 2008, there was a substantial explosion in
interest and education in terms of liberty issues and alternative
economic awareness. I remember back in 2006 when I had just begun
writing for the movement that the ratio of people on any given Web forum
or in any given public discussion was vastly opposed to alternative
viewpoints and information — at least 50-1 by my observations. We were
at the height of the real estate frenzy; everyone was buying houses with
money they didn’t have and borrowing on their mortgages to purchase
stuff they didn’t need. Life was good. The shock of the credit crisis
came quickly and abruptly for most people, and there has been a
considerable shift in the kinds of discussions many are willing to
entertain about our future. Yet the idea that such things can happen
despite a consensus of social and geopolitical health does not seemed to
have soaked into the thick skulls of average people.
SNIP
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