It's happening daily now, almost hourly-rampant eruptions of violence throughout the so-called developed world. As civilization unravels, the uncivilized behavior of humans is becoming viral, and the culture of empire is quite simply going mad as its values, assumptions, and reasons for existing are evaporating with dizzying speed. For those who are and have been collapse-aware for some time, it is important not only to make sense of the epidemic violence, but to incorporate skillful responses to it.
First, I believe we need to deeply discern what is actually happening psychologically. The current outbreaks of violence are about more than unemployment and financial stressors. Yes, job loss, bankruptcy, foreclosure, homelessness, and loss of health care are breaking people and communities in pieces. Yet something even more fundamental is seething beneath the surface--something of which these losses are symptomatic.
Underlying the chaos is the reality of civilization's dissolution. But what does that actually mean?
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When Peacenik read this story about the ambush of three policemen in Pittsburg, Peacenik began to think about violence in societal collapse. Peacenik has thought about this in the past, but it is hard to understand. It is hard to put into a framework. This article helps put societal violence into context. Will militias attack bankers in their Mcmansions? How does Peacenik prepare for societal violence? Should Peacenik worry about these things? Is this just another moral panic, that will soon subside? Peacenik doesn't know.
First, I believe we need to deeply discern what is actually happening psychologically. The current outbreaks of violence are about more than unemployment and financial stressors. Yes, job loss, bankruptcy, foreclosure, homelessness, and loss of health care are breaking people and communities in pieces. Yet something even more fundamental is seething beneath the surface--something of which these losses are symptomatic.
Underlying the chaos is the reality of civilization's dissolution. But what does that actually mean?
Read on...
When Peacenik read this story about the ambush of three policemen in Pittsburg, Peacenik began to think about violence in societal collapse. Peacenik has thought about this in the past, but it is hard to understand. It is hard to put into a framework. This article helps put societal violence into context. Will militias attack bankers in their Mcmansions? How does Peacenik prepare for societal violence? Should Peacenik worry about these things? Is this just another moral panic, that will soon subside? Peacenik doesn't know.
