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Adrian Doherty's avatar

Im sure you are very proud of how your parents survived the hard times (you should be very very proud of them) The fall of the Soviet Union had most devastating consequences for those unwilling to adjust or who fell in to dispare and turned to drink/drugs. If you study how Cuba survived the collapse of the Soviet Union (their energy use dropped nearly 40% overnight) there was no mass starvation but everyone lost weight and gained health and life expectancy. Like those in Russia who grew their own food the Cubans started gardens, the struggle was hard but with spirit and positive outlook(hopeium) life can continue. My advice, start a garden now however small, and learn the skills needed.

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Before any disintegration happens the rich oligarchic elite will double down on their policies of creating higher, consciously obliterating, layers of control well beyond any "democratic" reach. Undemocratic institutions like NATO, the EU, ECB, Interpol, etc all have the same purpose. So expect more and far worse to come. More controlling and more, now openly, gloves-off, suppressive.

The level of censorship I've been seeing the last 3 years is staggering. Far worse than I remember experiencing during the Cold War as a teenager and student in the '80's and '90's in the Netherlands. The amount of Western doublespeak, like war for peace (Ukraine), is simply mind boggling. At least back then the press often opposed Power, gave us some perspective of what was going on and our teachers taught us to also read the missing lines. There generally was far more engagement and opposition. Indifference and apathy, effective managed by governmental run psy-ops mind control programs seem to be scripted straight out of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World: for Netflix and chill press"like".

On where we might be heading, enjoy Elze van Hamelen's interview of David A. Hughes > https://dhughes.substack.com/p/interview-with-elze-van-hamelen-may

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