Tereza, welcome back. I’m probably not the only one in the Third Paradigm community who was curious (and a bit worried) about your brief absence. So thanks for the update. For some reason I imagined you might be exploring Ethiopia or Peru, not developing an adult relationship with your Appalachian hometown. I recall you mentioning in a previous video that you grew up in Appalachia, but Cumberland was surprising, mainly because of my own ignorance of western Maryland’s geography, and I say that as someone with a somewhat similar and relatively nearby Appalachian experience—living in a hollow in a small town in northwestern Pennsylvania, a region the locals call Pensyltucky. I also have parallel experience living across Monterey Bay from Santa Cruz. So, much of what you say in your video resonated with me.
As I watch the recent convulsions in the FIRE sector, I appreciate even more your very detailed and workable vision of restoring sovereignty to local communities and individuals, and I agree with your inklings about the imminence of The Empire’s dismantling, but I seem to be much more pessimistic about the magnitude, severity, and suddenness of what’s to come. Will the end of The Empire be a dismantling, or a catastrophic collapse? Afterwards, will enough pieces of The System remain for us to build a new paradigm that is even remotely similar to what we have today? I see what’s coming as something more like the Biblical flood or Ragnarok. Howard Kunstler thinks we’re headed for a return to the medieval period, which (with all metaphysics removed) I find plausible, too. Just wondering if you have a prediction of what “the end of empire” will look like. Slow glide to a soft landing? Fiery crash? Dark Age or Stone Age? Or will it be a flowering, a Renaissance 2.0, Avalon reemerging from the mist?
I'm posting here because I saw your post at Caitlin's place and I'm so fond of her and hope to travel to Australia one day via boat. So now you have it - the scoop on me!
Tereza, welcome back. I’m probably not the only one in the Third Paradigm community who was curious (and a bit worried) about your brief absence. So thanks for the update. For some reason I imagined you might be exploring Ethiopia or Peru, not developing an adult relationship with your Appalachian hometown. I recall you mentioning in a previous video that you grew up in Appalachia, but Cumberland was surprising, mainly because of my own ignorance of western Maryland’s geography, and I say that as someone with a somewhat similar and relatively nearby Appalachian experience—living in a hollow in a small town in northwestern Pennsylvania, a region the locals call Pensyltucky. I also have parallel experience living across Monterey Bay from Santa Cruz. So, much of what you say in your video resonated with me.
As I watch the recent convulsions in the FIRE sector, I appreciate even more your very detailed and workable vision of restoring sovereignty to local communities and individuals, and I agree with your inklings about the imminence of The Empire’s dismantling, but I seem to be much more pessimistic about the magnitude, severity, and suddenness of what’s to come. Will the end of The Empire be a dismantling, or a catastrophic collapse? Afterwards, will enough pieces of The System remain for us to build a new paradigm that is even remotely similar to what we have today? I see what’s coming as something more like the Biblical flood or Ragnarok. Howard Kunstler thinks we’re headed for a return to the medieval period, which (with all metaphysics removed) I find plausible, too. Just wondering if you have a prediction of what “the end of empire” will look like. Slow glide to a soft landing? Fiery crash? Dark Age or Stone Age? Or will it be a flowering, a Renaissance 2.0, Avalon reemerging from the mist?
I know this is goofy and I know I need to read this article, but I'm in a mood, so let me suggest this tea:
https://www.russianfoodusa.com/Granulated-Ivan-Tea-with-Cranberries-Ivan-Chaikin-90g-3.17oz/
I'm posting here because I saw your post at Caitlin's place and I'm so fond of her and hope to travel to Australia one day via boat. So now you have it - the scoop on me!
Ken