You may, or not, know David DuByne’s excellent podcast/youtube called ‘Mini ice age conversations’. In my peasant capacity, I regularly listen to what he has to say, with his phenomenal mix of knowledge streams and his pulse on agricultural developments around the world.
This fits solidly with other aspects of history. We were invading and occupying Russia in 1918, trying to block the revolution. I've tried to understand what we were doing there, and I finally concluded that we didn't want Russia to become a competing industrial power. In other words we recognized that Lenin was a competing type of capitalist, not a socialist as usually defined.
The Soviet system in the '50s and '60s was more profit-based than our version of capitalism. Businesses were expected to make a profit, and most government revenue was from VAT, which motivated the government to encourage profit. Our system has always been mainly based on share value, not profit. In Russia the capital and loans were controlled by the government for the good of all workers, not by Wall Street for the good of Morgan and Rockefeller.
That's what we feared. We didn't fear actual communism. Actual communism would have ruined Russia, thus sparing us the trouble of constantly trying to invade and obliterate Russia.
Thank you for showing the complexity of the uprisings in your last two paragraphs. I hadn't thought about whether regenerative farmers will make common cause with chemical farmers, for example.
Alternative media are covering the farmers. Here are a few Substack references:
Not know, is the answer to your opening question: David DuByne is new to me as of reading your latest substack. By all that's 'wholly', I see why you recommend his vector of veracity, since he leaves no stone unturned. I count myself as a grounded, fairly logical, unflappable salt, however, listening to David makes me doubt that idea, and 'Beam me up Scottie', comes to mind. He most certainly covers the multitude of life's complexity in an adroit and in-depth fashion, and his prediction of an impending ice age amidst our current global warming snake oil, makes utter sense to my gut, because for a long while now, I've heard whatever I've heard, and considered its' utter opposite to be more likely the truth.
As for peasant uprising, I'd say if not now, when? Haven't we all sat on the nail for far too long, putting up with the pain whilst turning the art of distraction into a profession? But this revolution is like no other, because the technology and speed of global comms is like no other, too. The term 'unprecedented times' comes to the fore.
I particularly like your, 'there are no fences left to sit on', and, '...the people of the soil against emperors clad in nonsense'.
As a dear departed friend used to say, "Nothing makes any sense anymore!" I would reply over and over, "It's not supposed to."
This fits solidly with other aspects of history. We were invading and occupying Russia in 1918, trying to block the revolution. I've tried to understand what we were doing there, and I finally concluded that we didn't want Russia to become a competing industrial power. In other words we recognized that Lenin was a competing type of capitalist, not a socialist as usually defined.
The Soviet system in the '50s and '60s was more profit-based than our version of capitalism. Businesses were expected to make a profit, and most government revenue was from VAT, which motivated the government to encourage profit. Our system has always been mainly based on share value, not profit. In Russia the capital and loans were controlled by the government for the good of all workers, not by Wall Street for the good of Morgan and Rockefeller.
That's what we feared. We didn't fear actual communism. Actual communism would have ruined Russia, thus sparing us the trouble of constantly trying to invade and obliterate Russia.
http://polistrasmill.blogspot.com/2016/02/soviet-profit.html
Thank you for showing the complexity of the uprisings in your last two paragraphs. I hadn't thought about whether regenerative farmers will make common cause with chemical farmers, for example.
Alternative media are covering the farmers. Here are a few Substack references:
https://merylnass.substack.com/p/big-update-today-farmers-surrounded
https://merylnass.substack.com/p/great-news-dutch-farmers-party-secures
https://dailynewsfromaolf.substack.com/p/holy-crap-french-farmers-dig-up-highways
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/farmers-agitation-civil-disobedience-farm-laws-7631940/
Not know, is the answer to your opening question: David DuByne is new to me as of reading your latest substack. By all that's 'wholly', I see why you recommend his vector of veracity, since he leaves no stone unturned. I count myself as a grounded, fairly logical, unflappable salt, however, listening to David makes me doubt that idea, and 'Beam me up Scottie', comes to mind. He most certainly covers the multitude of life's complexity in an adroit and in-depth fashion, and his prediction of an impending ice age amidst our current global warming snake oil, makes utter sense to my gut, because for a long while now, I've heard whatever I've heard, and considered its' utter opposite to be more likely the truth.
As for peasant uprising, I'd say if not now, when? Haven't we all sat on the nail for far too long, putting up with the pain whilst turning the art of distraction into a profession? But this revolution is like no other, because the technology and speed of global comms is like no other, too. The term 'unprecedented times' comes to the fore.
I particularly like your, 'there are no fences left to sit on', and, '...the people of the soil against emperors clad in nonsense'.
As a dear departed friend used to say, "Nothing makes any sense anymore!" I would reply over and over, "It's not supposed to."