Aurelius would hate what stoicism has become

My whole life has been a lie.

Patriarchy

People who say nukular instead of nuclear ☢️

That’s just child abuse with extra steps.

Skips leg day because they can’t walk yet.

A Geostrategy for Eurasia

It’s also hypocritical. NATO is willing to allow Ukraine to join, but not Russia:

The archives show irrefutably that the U.S. and German governments repeatedly promised to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev that NATO would not move “one inch eastward” when the Soviet Union disbanded the Warsaw Pact military alliance. Nonetheless, U.S. planning for NATO expansion began early in the 1990s, well before Vladimir Putin was Russia’s president. In 1997, national security expert Zbigniew Brzezinski spelled out the NATO expansion timeline with remarkable precision.

They seem to be fine with euphemisms and dog whistles.

Sorry

They succeeded in overthrowing the ruling classes of their respective countries. The difficulty of organizing societies came after. Bureaucracy, infighting and external pressures strained social relations. Despite this, many prospered for decades. So, it is possible to do again.

Rationally, some type of socialism (democratic socialism, anarchism, or Marxist-Leninism) is necessary due to climate change. Natural disasters, droughts, floods, supply shortages will continue and wreak havoc on economies. Capitalism requires growth; and that era is ending. Markets will narrow; the solution is planned economies.

Our only hope is for the people to control this transition and prevent reactionaries from seizing power. This transition will not be perfect. It will falter and have setbacks. But it is necessary for the benefit of humanity. There are frameworks on how to organize societies after capitalism. The Participatory Economy podcast will answer many questions.

Climate Change will make planned economies inevitable.

Crazy right? A lot of us were once liberals or worse. If you have any questions, just ask.

Some interviews from his Critical Theory Workshop

Thanks for your reading of Gabriel Rockhill. I’ve seen some of his interviews, and they are impressive.

Tianamen Square was not about pollution so is unrelated.

The myth of China’s ghost cities

China did not start industrialization until 1949. Climate Change effects have been known since 1896 or 1824 depending on how you look at it. China literally did not start the fire 🔥

“Pick Me” vibes