Hello Good People of the World

 

Today I want to write about a very top level topic, that being the status of myself in relation to what I have discovered about the larger planet about me. Frankly its looks as if we (Canadians) are going to lose our current way of life. Reports over the news, both main stream and otherwise and from the academic community all suggest massive changes in our enviroment, economy, war and the ways by which we govern and vaule ourselves.

 

As these changes do not happen in a vaccum it means that the interalations are too numerous to predict an accurate account of what will happen first. With great certainity I can tell you that the United States will be catalyst for most of this change. With its propped up dollar, soaring national debt and growing police state mentality, and billion dollar a day army, it will be less then 5 years for the curtain to be lifted and hopes to be dashed for the majority of Americans and consquently all countries that depend on or work with the U.S.

 

I say these things not scare people, but rather inform them that NOW, today, is the time to start laying plans for a future with more Hurricanes, less money, less power, less groceries and more expensive everything. NOW is the time to start studying our species history to see that today is not like the 60's or 70's, but rather a hyper accelarated roller coaster ride of proportions never experienced on this planet before.

 

To bring this back to solid reference points I suggest studying the US National Debt, CO2 levels in our atmosphere, the price of gold for the past 10 years, the number of media companies that fall under 1 of 7 major umbrella corporations, the % of the U.S budget given to war, Glacier levels in the artic, the PEAK OIL crisis, the Patriot Act and finally and most importantly the distribution of the wealth on this planet.

 

No better advice has ever been written then "follow the money". Sadly our planet is a cash and carry place, and when trends occur which defy public explanation one only needs to dig at the dollars and a clear picture emerges.

 

Wealth, and the concentration of it are largely what is causing most of the problems on this planet, due to structure of how corporations outsource morality through share holders. With this structure it is very easy for the moral buck to be handed until eventually the connection between assasinated native leaders in Mexico or some other third world nation and your share price in Shell, or The Gap have no relation. Yet it is the very drive by executives to satisfy, the board, which takes care of the shareholders that leaves the most powerful institutions in this world without morality or anyone at the top to feel bad about all the exploitation and violence. Please read NO LOGO, it will get you informed.

 

How this connects to me is basically what to do with this knowledge. How much can I "change" vs "prepare for". Should I care simply about my family, my friends, my commmunity or my province and country, or should I simply care about the entire world. Indeed, I have come across no easy answer at the current time, however what is clear is that education, vast, endless hours of reading and understanding is key to truly seeing the patterns beneath the presented image of this world. I can think of no greater enemy to man kind then ignorance, and acceptance of it.

 

Therefore, if I have a goal, I guess it would be to teach. Not as if I had the answers but rather instead that I have the questions. Is the unexamined life not worth living. I suspect so.

 

Be well, my fellow planet. Read and study and choose carefully. The days run short.