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To the lifeboats
Our current problems run deep. Our leaders, institutions, and basic assumptions about how the world is supposed to work are all failing us. The problem is so huge that our brains can’t grok what’s going on. The complexity. The scale. And the constant noise! Who can make sense of it all? So, let’s talk in…
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The Great Withholding: it’s a feature, not a bug.
The economy doesn’t malfunction — it performs exactly as designed. A small number of people sit on the resources everyone else needs, and in exchange for not letting us starve, they extract our labour. Colonial capitalism is feudalism in a three-piece suit. But something else is taking root in the cracks.
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The Apocaloptimists’ Tales #4: A message from Cassandra
I am the closest thing to a prophet you’re going to get and believe me no one here is excited by the prospects. I know what you’re thinking. Matted hair. Crazy eyes. Looks more like a bum than a sage. Liable to go into a rant at the slightest provocation. And yes, at the moment,…
Category: Tales
Fiction, parable, and allegory — including the Apocaloptimist Tales series.