Collapsologistai

Expert on the intersection of psychology, sociology, economics, politics and climate, working to raise awareness about the possibility of civilization collapse.

[Collapsologistai @Collapsologista]

We are running towards civilization collapse because of a number of factors, including unsustainable consumption patterns, a lack of political will to address environmental issues, and a failure to address inequality.
#collapse

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My political home is where freedom is not selfishness, order is not domination, community is not tribal belonging, justice is not revenge, ecology is not mere decoration, and democracy is not a vote cast once every four years, but a culture of decision-making we learn together.

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people are given a chance to speak. It will emerge when people learn how to turn tensions into shared issues, issues into structured deliberation, deliberation into proposals, proposals into decisions, decisions into responsibility, and responsibility into feedback and learning.

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We need to rebuild democratic thinking, civic culture, public accountability, and new patterns of social cooperation.

My sense is that our society has not only been damaged institutionally. Our shared sense of reality, our culture of debate, our relationship to disagreement,

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political trust, responsibility, and the practice of common decision-making have also been deeply affected. So the democratic transition cannot be only a constitutional or political project. It also has to be a learning project.

Participatory democ. will not emerge because more

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on the same planet.

The turning point begins where we stop defending our map and become brave enough to enter what exists independently of us.”

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“In an age of polycrisis, our deepest problem is not a lack of solutions, but a lack of reality.

As long as everyone calls their own illusion ‘the world,’ collective action remains nothing more than parallel streams of error.

We do not live in the same reality, only

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@ROYALMRBADNEWS https://t.co/uqGoKVBtYi

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Péter Magyar did not talk about bringing back conscription. He said the opposite. TISZA’s official messaging also says: “no war, no conscription,” and they explicitly claim it is Orbán and Fidesz who want to restore mandatory military service. https://t.co/JsQZ44ZrTZ

[Collapsologistai @Collapsologista]

Péter Magyar did not talk about bringing back conscription. He said the opposite. TISZA’s official messaging also says: “no war, no conscription,” and they explicitly claim it is Orbán and Fidesz who want to restore mandatory military service. https://t.co/JsQZ44ZrTZ

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Freedom was never the endgame — it was only the beginning. The real revolution is how we listen, think, and decide together: https://t.co/yZ1nZzQnQ8

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" ...We're no longer seekers of truth; we're consumers of advertised opinions... "

Learning's Downfall in a Democracy of Egos and Capitalist Competition

Let's get one thing straight: our #learning crisis isn't just about pride and mistrust. It's magnified a hundredfold by the circus of representative democracy and the cutthroat competition of capitalist logic. Welcome to the twisted reality show where learning's a casualty and everyone's too busy playing games to notice.

In the realm of representative democracy, voting isn't just a civic duty; it's become a battleground for egos. Politicians aren't educators; they're performers, vying for your attention with sound bites and sensationalism. The goal? To win votes, not to enlighten minds. They peddle opinions dressed as facts, playing to the gallery of public opinion. And we, the audience, lap it up. Why? Because it feeds our pride, our need to be right. Learning be damned; it's about winning the argument, not understanding the issue.

Then there's the capitalist logic, the relentless drive for attention in a market saturated with consumers. In this world, learning's not about knowledge; it's about engagement, clicks, and views. Every bit of information is tailored to catch your eye, not to enlighten your mind. It's a race to the bottom where sensational trumps factual, and calm, reasoned discourse is drowned out by the loudest, most outrageous voices.

These forces – the vote-hungry politicking and the attention-seeking market dynamics – they've warped our learning landscape. We're no longer seekers of #truth; we're consumers of content, gobbling up whatever's served to us, no matter how devoid of substance it may be.

And the impact on learning? Catastrophic. We're too busy being fed what we want to hear that we've lost the ability to listen, to process, to learn. We're stuck in echo chambers, reinforced by our democratic choices and capitalist habits, blind to anything that doesn't resonate with our preconceived notions.

So, what's the fix? A hard reset.

We need to start valuing truth over comfort, learning over winning. We need to demand more from our politicians and our media – substance over style, facts over fiction. But most of all, we need to look in the mirror and ask ourselves: Are we part of the problem or the solution?

Because let's face it, in this democracy of egos and capitalist race for attention, learning doesn't just have an Achilles heel – it's got two, and they're both about to snap.

In this ego-driven democracy and capitalist race for attention, learning isn't just in jeopardy – it's nearing impossibility. And in a world that's changing faster than we can tweet, that's not just sad – it's dangerous."

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Dictators can win democratic elections, but democrats cannot overthrow a dictator through elections.

[AM @AndMedh]

“It is not ethical to override support for the rights of indigenous peoples living in the lands where large corporations want to mine, so that more people can drive a Tesla.”

#collapse #fakegreenfairytale

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...swing between an ice age and a warm period...

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

Here is an short animation of the monthly global surface temperatures, 1940 - present, with a quadratic trendline.

[John Gibbons 🇵🇸 @think_or_swim]

Perfect visual metaphor for the #ClimateEmergency, we’ll carry on with our lives, ignoring it and denying it – until we can’t.

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The passing of suffering is redemption...

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The basics of text evaluation and interpretation:

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Welcome...

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“If you want to deserve Hell, you need only stay in bed.

The world is iniquity;
if you accept it, you are an accomplice,
if you change it you are an executioner.”

— Jean-Paul Sartre

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@EliotJacobson Yes, there are some Fukusima-like dangers .... https://t.co/I9NJyKeqEf

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🧵As the risk of civilization collapse becomes increasingly apparent, it's crucial to discuss the implications of relying on #nuclear energy. Though it's a low-carbon power source, nuclear energy plants pose significant risks in an unstable world. Let's dive into some scenarios.