{"id":4064,"date":"2011-02-03T14:13:23","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T21:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=4064"},"modified":"2011-02-03T14:13:23","modified_gmt":"2011-02-03T21:13:23","slug":"the-elite-and-the-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/03\/the-elite-and-the-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"The elite and the fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Charles<\/a><\/p>\n

Charles Hugh Smith created this chart way back when to show the vast complex dedicated to preserving the status quo and offers this related comment<\/a> now:<\/p>\n

There is a peculiar divide between the conventional and unconventional perception of the resilience\/vulnerability of the Status Quo.<\/b><\/p>\n

The conventional view sees the Status Quo as stable and powerful enough to weather any threat or storm short of a full-scale thermonuclear war (i.e. an exchange of 1,000+ nuclear warheads) or climate catastrophe (meltdown of the Antarctic ice cap, etc.).<\/p>\n

The unconventional view is that the Status Quo is increasingly vulnerable to a “Black Swan” type catalyst: disruption in the global oil supply chain, a global climate event, hyper-inflation that destroys the dollar, etc. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unfortunately, he doesn’t have much more than that to say, and I think his chart screams for thoughtful analysis. Though he’s not even remotely commenting on Smith’s graphic, Gary North adds pertinent thoughts on the same topic at LewRockwell.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I expect most people here are of the “unconventional view” (does that make us conventional then?). But even so there’s still volumes to be said. One detail that jumps out immediately is that certain elements can be both supporters and destabilizers at the same time (e.g. Silicon Valley, where on one hand you have the Larry Ellisons who promote national ID systems and get their start off military contracts, and on the other you have libertarian hacktivists and inventors\/promoters of technologies that undermine government’s benign image) or can turn from supporters to enemies in an instant (e.g. the military). Which of course adds to the vulnerability of even the most entrenched-seeming elite.<\/p>\n

I’ll leave the rest for you to chew on. Your thoughts? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charles Hugh Smith created this chart way back when to show the vast complex dedicated to preserving the status quo and offers this related comment now: There is a peculiar divide between the conventional and unconventional perception of the resilience\/vulnerability of the Status Quo. The conventional view sees the Status Quo as stable and powerful enough to weather any threat or storm short of a full-scale thermonuclear war (i.e. an exchange of 1,000+ nuclear warheads) or climate catastrophe (meltdown of the Antarctic ice cap, etc.). The unconventional view is that the Status Quo is increasingly vulnerable to a “Black Swan”…<\/p>\n

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