Tag: societal collapse

Don’t Use Violence Against Women As Shock Value

The latest (horrifying) trend
in warning about possible societal collapse
is telling people
there will be physical and sexual
violence
against the women
in their lives
if it happens.

I block every climate activist
or scientist
who uses this ‘example.’

Why?

Because I assume
that’s their secret fantasy.

Unfortunately,
it IS too many men’s
secret fantasy.

I put that person
in the group of people
who are threats.
They become
one of the people
who might hurt me
if they get
an opportunity
to do so.

I don’t support them.
I don’t want to be
in the same room
as they are in.
I warn other women
away from them.

Even if they aren’t
fantasizing
about sexual violence
against women,
they are certainly
NOT listening to
any of the women
in their lives.

Any woman
would have told them
expressing these thoughts
out loud
was a BAD idea.

Worst case,
they will someday
engage in violence
against women.

Best case,
they don’t listen
to women.

Either case
means I stay far away
from them.

Don’t use violence against women
for shock value.

System Breakdowns Aren’t Linear

I’ve witnessed
many system breakdowns
of various kinds.
I’ve studied
thousands more system breakdowns.

I’ve never encountered
one that was linear.

Linear system breakdowns
are only seen on models.

It is d@mn difficult
to model
cascading system breakdowns.
It is nearly impossible,
at this point of time,
to show how a failure
in one part
of the system
will cause multiple failures
in other parts
of the system
and how these failures
will compound
until the entire system
collapses.

Most models don’t have
the complexity
to reflect that reality.

So we model linear
which is easy to do
and easy for people
to understand.

But that’s not reality.
Collapse will be faster,
more complex,
impacting more of
the system.

Remember that
when we see modeling
for pandemics,
climate change,
economics.

Linear models
are best case scenarios
and they aren’t reality.

System breakdowns
cascade.