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More System Is Not The Solution To An Apparently Faltering System

3/11/2020

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So the System appears to be faltering. How deep the apparent cracks run is anyone's guess. Whether these cracks were induced or incidental is not very important. Whatever the case, we appear to be in the reaction stage of the Hegelian problem-reaction-solution framework. Panic is gripping the world. Meltdowns and overreactions are everywhere. These meltdowns and overreactions are doing little more than stoking the fire. Demands to find a solution are rising up from the panic - and the bulk of these demands are being generated by and aimed at those who engineer and operate the System.

​The solution the Establishment offers will likely come in the form of More System. Rather than learn from experience, people will likely demand, perhaps even beg the System for  More System. The System, in turn, will eagerly supply the solution. It could come in the form of more stimulus to prop up and further inflate over-inflated asset bubbles. Or it could involve increased micro-surveillance. Or perhaps a shift to a cashless society to prevent the spread of germs via money. Or an extended ban on large public gatherings. Or some kind of interconnected, global response mechanism to ensure future threats are handled efficiently. Or it could be a combination of some or all of these things and many others on top of that. 

The only solution the System will be willing to offer is More System. Of course, More System is no solution at all, and it is the last thing anyone should be embracing, let alone demanding. 

​But there it is. 
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Bruce Charlton
3/11/2020 16:36:42

Yes indeed.

Since we the system is evil and aiming at ever greater evil, I think we *should* be prepared to accept the end of it - even if/ when this is also the end of our-selves - rather as a citizen of a nation on the wrong side of a war may need to be prepared to accept defeat as the lesser of evils.

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Francis Berger
3/11/2020 19:50:35

I agree. There's no way More System can be perpetual. A saturation point will be reached somewhere along this line. We may very well be there now. If not, we're getting ever closer.

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Ingemar
3/11/2020 22:07:03

I'm disappointed. A lot of people online who really should know better have allowed satan's claws to grip their hearts and are giving in to the despair.

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Francis Berger
3/12/2020 06:11:42

@ Ingemar - I know what you mean. I've been impressed with how Rod Dreher is soiling himself on a daily basis over at his American Conservative site. I never really had a high opinion of RD, but geez - get a grip man.

If nothing else, this whole crisis will separate the wheat from the chaff. We'll soon know if those who talk the talk can also walk the walk - especially when the real suffering starts from the economic fallout, etc.

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John Fitzgerald link
3/12/2020 13:52:08

I'm very disappointed in Rod Dreher at the moment. You've put it well above. I've actually had a high opinion of him and I really don't know what to make of his current pieces. It can't be to do with promoting a book. None of his books are to do about illness. I hope he'll turn it around - I've put a lot of faith in him - but right now it looks like you might have had the sounder judgment.

Francis Berger
3/12/2020 14:13:28

@ John - I'm not sure how sound my judgment is, but I know RD's is certainly not sound at the moment. It's not my place to say, but he should probably take a few deep breaths, take a couple steps back, and re-evaluate his current approach to this whole thing. I was thinking about writing a post about his recent reactions, but I resisted the urge.

By the way, I'm going to start reading your novel this week. Looking forward to it.

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