Neoliberal macroconomics have reached their breaking point, no longer able to even provide the microeconomical wool/scales to cover the eyes of consumers.
The funny thing is that this was inevitable - an economic system that demands infinite growth within a a reality made of finite resources was always going to crash to a halt at some point. There were hopes that Atomic Age Space Race Shit would being us to a whole new frontier of resources to exploit, but that has not panned out. Earth is too perfect and unique and space is too big and empty.
But we aren't there yet! Sure, we are burning through our available resources fast, but at least some portions of the world could have kept this up for another 100 years at least with smart planning and a nimbly adaptable infrastructure. But the sheer mathematical greed of neoliberalism could not be checked or held back.
More capital is being harvested than ever before, but the actual producers of that capital see less of it than ever before. And so much of what is created and harvested is not being reinvested and the "gold" is only trickling down in the most literal and puerile of senses. It is being hoarded and selectively used just for positioning and planning for safeguarding future hoards (see Bill Gates and the farmland and his other fake eco initiatives) - as well as financial dick-waving contests and the like.
We aren't even in the bread and circuses era of this empire - we're really just in the circuses era. Bread is available as an occasional treat, if you're good and we've decided to keep subsidizing farmers alongside the actually important stuff like Amazon and video game companies!
Neoliberal macroconomics have reached their breaking point, no longer able to even provide the microeconomical wool/scales to cover the eyes of consumers.
The funny thing is that this was inevitable - an economic system that demands infinite growth within a a reality made of finite resources was always going to crash to a halt at some point. There were hopes that Atomic Age Space Race Shit would being us to a whole new frontier of resources to exploit, but that has not panned out. Earth is too perfect and unique and space is too big and empty.
But we aren't there yet! Sure, we are burning through our available resources fast, but at least some portions of the world could have kept this up for another 100 years at least with smart planning and a nimbly adaptable infrastructure. But the sheer mathematical greed of neoliberalism could not be checked or held back.
More capital is being harvested than ever before, but the actual producers of that capital see less of it than ever before. And so much of what is created and harvested is not being reinvested and the "gold" is only trickling down in the most literal and puerile of senses. It is being hoarded and selectively used just for positioning and planning for safeguarding future hoards (see Bill Gates and the farmland and his other fake eco initiatives) - as well as financial dick-waving contests and the like.
We aren't even in the bread and circuses era of this empire - we're really just in the circuses era. Bread is available as an occasional treat, if you're good and we've decided to keep subsidizing farmers alongside the actually important stuff like Amazon and video game companies!