Collapse Isn't Coming. You're Already Living It

"How did you go bankrupt?" Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly," novelist and writer Ernest Hemingway wrote in The Sun Also Rises. People keep saying a collapse is coming. It's not. It's already here. You're living in it. So am I. Collapse is not an apocalyptic event. It's what happens when the rules change. It's the slow hustle with nothing to show for it. It's rising rent. It's the consistent rise of your grocery bill. And rising rent.

Collapse is all the little cuts you do to make ends meet. Maybe you've cut subscriptions. Delayed repairs. Or skipped a doctor's visit to avoid the bill. Collapse is when your parents can't retire and your friends can't afford kids. People are falling behind on retirement savings at an alarming rate. For many, retirement isn't a goal. It's a fantasy. Collapse is terrible political decisions. It's tariffs gone wrong. And economic dysfunction we can't control.

The world is not ending.

It's just becoming unrecognisable.

You're not being priced out of life by accident. This is the system working exactly as designed. Extracting every ounce of value from you until there's nothing left. Corporate profits are hitting record highs while wages stagnate. "Home prices have jumped 118% since 1965, while income has only increased by 15%, according to Clever Real Estate. Pew reports that across the years 1958 to 2015, public trust in government at large plunged from 72 to just 19 percent. Most people don't trust their governments to solve anything for them.

I don't.

They won't.

The systemic failure we are experiencing is out of control. 63% of Americans have been living from paycheck to paycheck since September 2022. People are anxious about their futures. Depression is rising. That's collapse. It's systemic. It's uneven. But it's real. We keep waiting for some sort of big systemic collapse. A "before" and "after." But we are already living in it. It's just unevenly distributed.

Collapse is a pattern.

That's what makes it so confusing.

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10 septembre : Que faire, face au plan Bayrou de démolition sociale généralisée ?


Depuis plusieurs semaines, des appels circulent sur Internet, pour faire, du 10 septembre, une journée interprofessionnelle de lutte, ouvrant sur un grand « Tous ensemble en même temps » dans le pays. Cette date n’est pas le produit d’un mot d’ordre centralisé des confédérations syndicales nationales, ni d’organisations politiques d’envergure, mais a surgi de la base — de collectifs de Gilets jaunes, de syndicats locaux, de citoyens et de militants, qui refusent que ce que d’aucuns appellent « la rentrée sociale », se réduise à des journées dispersées et sans lendemain, par avance, totalement insuffisantes, pour stopper le rouleau compresseur de l’économie de guerre, de la dette usurière et de la méga-austérité.

Face à cela, les directions politiques et syndicales, euro-formatées, y compris dans des secteurs cruciaux, comme la Santé, renvoient à un 9 octobre… lointain, tardif et, surtout, dépourvu de toute combativité réelle. Derrière cette inertie, se cache une orientation politique claire : ces états-majors, qu’ils soient syndicaux ou politiques, continuent d’accompagner, par la gauche, la « construction européenne », refusent de contester la légitimité de Macron et s’enferment, par la même logique, dans un « dialogue social » bidon, imposant, par avance, derrière un vernis pseudo-démocratique, les reculs sociaux, démocratiques et patriotiques, souhaités par le patronat, le gouvernement et la Commission européenne.

Alors que le plan Bayrou comporte la plus grande offensive antisociale, depuis 90 ans et que les 40 milliards à prélever sur notre peuple sont le pendant quasi exact des 40 milliards dévolus par Macron aux industries de guerre et de mort, cette ligne honteuse d’accompagnement, de résignation et de défaite programmée (on l’a vu les résultats lamentables à propos de la retraite à 64 ans), se heurte à la volonté d’une grande partie du peuple travailleur, classe ouvrière en tête, qui revendique :

  • L’augmentation sensible des salaires et des pensions, la reconstitution des acquis sociaux, le retour de la retraite à 60 ans, la sauvegarde du produire en France industriel et agricole, la relance du progrès social face à l’austérité et à la vie chère ;
    La défense des libertés démocratiques face à la fascisation et aux lois de plus en plus liberticides ;
    La paix face aux aventures militaires de l’OTAN et de la future « armée européenne » pour lesquelles nos salaires et nos services publics sont sacrifiés ;
    L’indépendance nationale face aux diktats de l’Union européenne.

Et, pour ces objectifs, les travailleurs savent — mieux que bien des directions syndicales — qu’il faut parfois bloquer les profits capitalistes, par la grève, sans crainte d’aller au blocage national, durable, de l’économie, comme ce fut le cas, notamment, en 1936, en 1968 et en décembre 1995.

Pour autant, il ne s’agit pas, pour le PRCF, de “décréter” que le 10 septembre doit être la date du Grand soir. Parce que nous ne savons pas encore si cette journée prendra un caractère massif et national, si l’ensemble du peuple s’en saisira, comme il s’est saisi du 17 novembre 2018.

Mais, il est clair que cette date pourrait devenir un point d’appui décisif, si les syndicalistes et les militants de terrain s’en saisissaient, pour ouvrir, partout, le débat, dans les ateliers et les services, pour, le cas échéant, l’imposer aux directions politiques et syndicales, à commencer par celles de la confédération CGT et, pour en faire la véritable date de rentrée sociale, consacrant, autant que faire ce peut, l’union du drapeau rouge, des luttes sociales et du drapeau tricolore, de l’indépendance nationale et le refus du faux choix Macron / Le Pen, pour une France libérée de la fascisante prison euro-atlantique et du capitalisme.

Les militants du PRCF seront sur le pont, partout où cela sera possible, auprès des collectifs et autres comités physiques et/ou numériques, qui appelleront à faire de cette date, ou de toute autre date prochaine, décidée par les travailleurs eux-mêmes, le coup d’envoi d’un automne social « à la française », pour apporter, en toute honnêteté et dans un esprit réellement démocratique, leur pierre à l’édifice, leur expérience et leur mot à dire, en tant que citoyens et travailleurs, sur ce qu’il convient de faire, ou non, pour que notre pays se libère de l’étreinte mortelle du grand capital, qui nous broie.

Le 10 septembre n’est pas encore écrit. Mais, d’une part, nous refusons que des dirigeants syndicaux nationaux, qui n’ont, à leur palmarès, que des défaites, refusent, par avance, tout dialogue avec les collectifs, qui ont mis cette idée dans le débat, y compris d’ex-Gilets jaunes, attachés à la paix et au progrès social. Et, d’autre part, cette date ou toute autre date prochaine, prenant corps dans les discussions, à la base, pourrait être le signal qu’attendent des millions de travailleurs : celui que le peuple reprenne résolument l’initiative, sur la scène sociale et politique, avec, sans ou contre les états-majors résignés et qu’un automne social, patriotique et populaire s’ouvre enfin, pour rendre élan et confiance à notre France, celle des travailleurs, des démocrates, de la jeunesse populaire et des amis de la paix.

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I have installed wero-wallet.eu and connected it with my bank account. I hope that #Liberapay can add support for #Wero so that we have a #Paypal like solution for Europe without Paypal 😀 An alternative to Apple Pay and Google Pay. To Master and Visa. Wero is located and licensed in Belgium and is proud to be bound by the GDPR and other EU regulations that protect us EU citizens.

Currently banks in Belgium, France, Germany have joined. More to come. It'll take time.

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Il y a eu un séminaire sur les récits des transfuges de classe
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SIMPLE AND CLEAR

The US/EU/UK & Isr. cartel have difficulty in penetrating and controlling markets (consumption & production) of #Iran, #Russia, #NKorea, #Cuba, #Venezuela, and #China and they can not possibly admit to this obstacle to their totalitarianism.

So they must paint a picture of villains to those that resist them so they can justify the financial and social expenditures of imperialist wars against them, to their respective obedient terrorized populations.

#Iraq, #Afghanistam, #Libya, #Syria have already been crossed off the list, #Yemen and #Somalia justifies their dominance in the Black Sea route

#Israel is securing the east bank of the oil route to the Med. (#Egypt - #Turkey )

#India is playing the joker in all world games but India is facing a more direct threat, Islam and Indian people suffering beyond the liberation from the Brits.

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If
#Iran, #Russia, #NorthKorea, #Cuba, #Venezuela, and #China were to surrender and pass resources and labor management to US/EU Industrial/Banking capital #war can be averted

else
If
#Iraq, #Afghanistam, #Libya, #Syria had done the same they wouldn't have been destroyed.

Then with the entire earth under their centralized control and domination we would live in Peace and Slavery

#Europe #NuclearHolocaust #WorldWar3

Signal is convenient and no doubt more secure than most conventional messaging apps. And it's kind of nice to see so many activists have made it their home, leaving WhatsApp or Instagram groups behind.

Yay 😺

But #Signal is not a #federated system. It's centralised with its base in the fascist states of America. That should set your alarm bell going.

Not so much because of the nagging feeling that there must be a catch. (Did someone leave a backdoor open?) 🙀

No, more because of control and #collapse. If a single company controls all our private communication, this means it takes only a single blow to wipe our networks. If Signal's services collapse, due to some natural or artificial catastrophe, we'd be nowhere and scrambling to find our bearings.

So, although I'm not suggesting people abandon Signal en masse, I do think it's wise for people to start exploring and experimenting with federated alternatives.

If in every community or #activist network there are a few people who know how to use alternative and decentralised messaging software, and willing to share that knowledge, set up some kind of fall-back, then when things get prickly there will at least be a known path forward for you and your comrades 😼

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🌱 Resilience Training: CBT and Mindfulness Techniques for Healing 🌿

Building resilience is crucial for healing from narcissistic abuse or coping with NPD. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps us identify and challenge negative thought patterns that erode our self-esteem. Mindfulness teaches us to stay present, observe our emotions without judgment, and regain inner peace.

Together, these techniques empower you to rebuild trust in yourself, manage stress, and foster emotional balance. Healing is a journey—every step counts. 💪🧠✨

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ein tief verstörendes Buch das zeigt, dass es noch viel schlimmer ist als gedacht. Mit Geld- und Machtgier wird jede Gefahr ignoriert. Um das letzte Barol Öl zu verkaufen, jede Klimakatastrophe geleugnet. Haben diese Leute keine Kinder? Die glauben, sie beuten den Planeten aus und fliegen dann mit Musk zum Mars? Und man lässt sie gewähren! Und dann noch die Honks die "nicht an den Klimawandel glauben" Als wäre das eine Glaubenssache. Ich glaube nicht an die Schwerkraft, oder wie?

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Can all German genocide deniers please get the fuck out of my mentions.

Genocide denial is the last and final stage of genocide and constitutes complicity in genocide.

Matze Schmidt, you are complicit in genocide.

And history is taking notes.

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#israel #germany #genocide #genocideDenial #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #StopIsrael #StopTheGenocide #FreePalestine


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Hey #disabled tag followers and connections, if I were to make a Hubzilla (social media) theme for people with visual or reading disabilities, what are some things you'd suggest? Are there any themes for any platform out there that you think do a good job at it? I already know of fonts for people with dyslexia, but give me your other ideas!
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@Comrade Ferret There are some good guidelines available at w3.org/WAI/tips/designing/ that you can look at for starters. Having an accessible theme for hubzilla is a great idea and would be a valuable addition!

Confronting the Realities of Antisemitism and the Gaza Genocide
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