Higgenbotham's Dark Age Hovel

[aeden]

https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inli ... k=hayZ13WV
https://x.com/HistoryBoutique/status/18 ... ma-blunder

You are correct H

Also FEMA said they dont exist.
https://x.com/matt_vanswol/status/18586 ... ma-blunder

https://x.com/3INSTE3IN/status/18600438 ... ma-blunder here the fema are

Welcome the third world, NC. The Federal government gives not a shit about you.

Fact checked true.

[tim]

https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/what ... deadly-and

Note: healthcare spending at the beginning of the 20th century was 0.25% of GDP, reached 1% in 1933, dropped to 0.38% during World War II, and went back up to 1% in 1961 before experiencing the meteoric rise it has seen in recent decades.

Most remarkably, despite spending 2-4 times as much on healthcare as any other affluent nation, the United States has the worst healthcare outcomes amongst the affluent nations (which is detailed within these charts). This I would argue, is a result of our healthcare spending prioritizing what corporate interests want, not what produces effective healthcare. Sadly, as I have shown in this article, pervasive corruption has entrenched itself throughout the Department of Health and Human Services and our healthcare officials.

As this costly trend is impossible to ignore, various proposals have been made to address it. Unfortunately, all of them have arisen from the same mentality that gave birth to the problem in the first place and thus have made it worse (e.g., creating more regulation to “improve” healthcare but having that regulation be created by bureaucrats who did not understand the realities of healthcare and shaped by corporate lobbyists who only care about profits).

[Cool Breeze]

DEI and the dollar losing value along with the lobbying of the Health Systems who have captured the printing press make the future of medicine in the US bleak at best.

[FullMoon]

DEI and the dollar losing value along with the lobbying of the Health Systems who have captured the printing press make the future of medicine in the US bleak at best.

Calling it a "Disease Care " industry that's endemic and spread across industries... Is true and sickening. Dark Ages await

[Higgenbotham]

Tom's signature:

“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”

― G. Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain

The truth as I see it is that we are all weak. Some weaker than others of course. But overall very weak, especially due to the amount of work that can be done with all the energy that is available. Never have there been so many weak men in all of history. The times that these weak men create will be very hard.

There are rebuttals to that, though. It could be said that the same thing was true in 1929 regarding energy and, while the times were hard after that, it was no disaster.

Instead of weak, corrupt seems to fit better. The root cause is always corruption in my opinion.

This is what Hopf says:

With that in mind, let's explore what it means to be a "strong man." A strong man is not just physically capable, although physical strength is important, as it reflects discipline and a commitment to maintaining one's health for the sake of both oneself and loved ones. Beyond physicality, a strong man embodies virtues such as discipline, focus, drive, and selflessness. Their purpose is to care for those around them and to contribute to building a sustainable, value-driven society founded on shared beliefs. They are individuals guided by purpose and a dedication to the greater good.

When there is corruption all around, it is difficult for a man who is not corrupt "to care for those around them" if his only choice is to engage in corruption in order to do so. A "strong man" will want to get away from the corruption. Basically there are not enough seats at the table for those who are not corrupt that allow them "to care for those around them."

After a collapse, I think physical capability will have a lot to do with it. Almost nobody is prepared for the physical demands that will come after the collapse. There is really almost no way to get close to being prepared but there are some things people can do that will help.

[aeden]

Tue Dec 17, 2013 3:55 am derived view from a 1974 conversation to what's coming and yea its rather here from the pretext
of the Gosplan displayed now. They cannot learn since they had a damned chance and now bruised and broken by them.
Marx was correct on what would happen since that was the effect desired.
A few will toss out the law of large numbers.
The first view is that there must be, and that the fault must lie with one of the premises
in the sorites argument other than the first one. What was explained was go ahead count all the sand and see how
that turns out. Most here are rather prepared and one point is clear.
Cipolla was convinced that we underestimated their number and influence.

[Higgenbotham]

The power will be out and Internet will be a shattered during this time and all the talk about the upcoming events will be fond memories as the survivors we suffer in a kind of hell. For the living with surely envy the dead. Perhaps have a religious experience as well due to the extreme hardship.

That's the kind of thing I was thinking about when I said above that there is almost no way to get close to being prepared but there are some things people can do that will help. Getting steeled to how bad it will be will help. Doing hard physical labor pre-collapse will help. Learning what it is like to go without food for a few days will help. A little. But not much. The people in North Carolina who are living in tents are getting prepared.

[aeden]

Soup spoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL7Hb0fcpbU

[Higgenbotham]

The traditional career approach is failing.

Work isn’t working. Recent studies show that engagement at work is at an 11-year low. Only 30% of U.S. workers feel engaged with their jobs, and only about 17% find their work to be a source of meaning. This is half of the reported rate from just four years earlier. On top of that, 84% report symptoms of burnout, and almost 50% of millennials report symptoms of depression or anxiety disorders. These are not metrics of success by anyone’s definition.

The result is an entire generation of people I call Underfulfilled Overachievers (UFOAs). UFOAs are people who checked all the boxes, did all the “right” things, often have resumes chock full of impressive accomplishments, and yet still find themselves unhappy, wondering, “Is this really all there is?” UFOAs have great lives on paper but feel far from great inside. They’re living great lives; they’re not their lives.

I know because I was one. I graduated from Stanford at the top of my class, landed a dream job at Google, and dutifully climbed the corporate ladder, all with the expectation that if I worked hard enough, I’d be happy and fulfilled. Instead, I found myself miserable, clinically depressed, experiencing almost daily panic attacks, and totally at a loss about why I was feeling this way or what to do about it. So, I quit my job with no plan and made it my mission to figure out what I was doing wrong, convinced that there must be another way to build a career. The more I started sharing my story, the more I realized how widespread this problem is. Many of the smartest, most accomplished, creative, and talented people I knew had accumulated all the accomplishment and none of the fulfillment. This is a systemic problem.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91233407/wo ... wtab-en-us

I think the above fits in with my comment from earlier today:

When there is corruption all around, it is difficult for a man who is not corrupt "to care for those around them" if his only choice is to engage in corruption in order to do so. A "strong man" will want to get away from the corruption. Basically there are not enough seats at the table for those who are not corrupt that allow them "to care for those around them."

The corrupt may feel quite at home at Google. And they can support families that way and teach their children how to be corrupt just like they are...

...as the new dark age tightens its grip.

[FullMoon]

The power will be out and Internet will be a shattered during this time and all the talk about the upcoming events will be fond memories as the survivors we suffer in a kind of hell. For the living with surely envy the dead. Perhaps have a religious experience as well due to the extreme hardship.

That's the kind of thing I was thinking about when I said above that there is almost no way to get close to being prepared but there are some things people can do that will help. Getting steeled to how bad it will be will help. Doing hard physical labor pre-collapse will help. Learning what it is like to go without food for a few days will help. A little. But not much. The people in North Carolina who are living in tents are getting prepared.

We don't really know what the collapse will be like and what provisions will be available. That's why the process of preparing accordingly requires us to expect the worst. And for that few are really prepared. There's a satisfaction in learning back to nature and self sufficiency. Regarding our fate brings faith spiritual endeavors as face the hardship. The closeness of death is a motivational factor changing lives during crisis periods. We're just trying to stay a few steps ahead.