The End of Industrial Civilization

Of course, it begs the simple question...why bother with social criticism, when such criticism will not result in any realistic solutions? Yes, I am well-aware that no amount of social criticism will make an iota of difference in preventing human extinction from happening. But, it is still important to criticize our global economic paradigm (aka capitalism), because it does indeed suck. To make myself clear, our capitalist economic system is irredemably corrupt and fundamentally unsustainable. There is no way to rationally justify this economic paradigm.  However, I do not propose "socialism" as the "solution" to capitalism, because that will not work. Besides, it is not like socialism ever existed in any form in the past nor present. Not even in so-called "socialist" countries (like the Soviet Union or modern China).  Socialism would be defined as "the democratic control over the political economy. And an economy that produces goods and s...

It is extremely obvious to me that human civilization is ephermal. It will end one day. And its ending is probably much closer than (almost anyone) could have expected. I realized that human civilization is fundamentally unsustainable and irredemably corrupt. There is really no way to justify the existence of human civilization from any ethical perspective.  How is it ethical for a handful of corrupt psychopaths to completely control our society? It simply isn't. And therefore these BS religions (like Christianity, Hinduism and every other religion imaginable) and political ideologies (like capitalism and democracy) are invented to justify the status quo. The elites claim that their control over society is given to them via some supernatural authority. But it isn't. They need the justification of "divine authority" to justify their control over human society. But any intelligent person knows that there is no God/gods. There never was. And there never is. J...

Well, of course, yes! It is obvious that humans will go extinct one day. Every species on this planet eventually goes extinct. And humans are no exception to this rule. Human "ingenuity" will not do a damn thing to prevent our extinction from happening. Because technology cannot do a damn thing for solving industrial civilization's fundamental problems (like overpopulation, resource depletion, social/economic inequality, environmental degradation, etc). Keep in mind that technology is a by-product of available resources (energy or otherwise). And the vast majority of resources that human technology is made out of is finite and nonrenewable...meaning that there is only a limited amount of these resources (hence being finite). And these resources don't replenish nearly as fast as they are being used up (hence being nonrenewable).  Is peak oil real? Yes, it is. And it is happening exactly because oil is finite and nonrenewable. Hence, the more oil is being exploited, the...

It is already extremely obvious that we are living near the end of the industrial age...meaning that global capitalism is nearing its end. Of course, I don't expect anything to replace capitalism, after it ends. I do suspect that global capitalism will not go away...until the collapse of industrial civilization (CoIC) and near-term human extinction (NTHE) finally arrives.  I do suspect that industrial civilization will end rather abruptly and catastrophically. And its end will come as a "surprise" for most people, since most people never saw it coming. As for the decline of industrial civilization, it has already been happening during the past 20 to 30 years (at least). Since the mid 1990s, the only "improvements" in technology was that computers and electronic devices were made a bit slimmer and slightly more powerful.  But none of these "advancements" in technologies could fix any of the fundamental problems of capitalism and industrial c...

Apparently, a large portion of humanity denies the obvious realities of human overpopulation/population overshoot and environmental degradation. There is a common myth about how technology can supposedly fix all of the world's problems. I would assume that this denial of reality is largely rooted in willful ignorance and scientific illiteracy. Not to mention the 24/7 brainwashing, by mainstream media, has cemented this denial and willful ignorance. First of all, the mainstream media denies the reality of human overpopulation (for the most part). Here is the truth...overpopulation is not a myth. And overpopulation is obviously a very serious problem. Not just a problem in certain densely-populated, "developing" countries (like China and India). This applies to literally every country of the entire world. Neo-Malthusianism is the reality of the world...a grim reality which most people pretend is not real. This reality of there being too many people in the world ...

It is commonly believed (by the masses) that human civilization is constantly improving...thanks to human ingenuity and technological progress. But is this belief actually based on reality? Or is it just a myth? Let's find out. One of the biggest accomplishments of the 20th century was mankind's Moon landing(s). In the late 1960s to mid 1970s, humanity sent several astronauts to the Moon. Also, humanity sent numerous space probes to neighbouring planets (like Venus, Mars and Jupiter). So, it seems like humans managed to accomplish certain very impressive feats. But, that does not imply that technological progress can go on indefinitely...nor does it imply that technology can solve all of the world's problems. Because technology has its limitations and weaknesses (which we will later discuss in this article). One of the fundamental weaknesses of technology is that technology cannot create energy nor resources out of thin air. Technology requires extracting and co...

The blunt truth about our global socio-economic system (aka capitalism) is that it is unfair and unsustainable. Not just "somewhat" unfair and unsustainable. It is completely, 100% unfair and unsustainable. The following article will show you why that is the case. The truth be told is that you have almost no chance of making enough money to survive in our economy (let alone "prosper" and "succeed" in it) unless you are extremely lucky. As in you are born into a wealthy family. Or you have inherited wealth and social status. Or if you are a greedy, thieving person.  Our society certainly does not reward honesty, hard-work, or good virtue. It rewards those who can most successfully scam and rip-off other people . Like business people, lawyers, politicians and sales people. The vast majority of extremely wealthy people contribute jack shit to society. They just extract enormous amounts of wealth off of profits, interest payments and ta...