Listen to a reading of "Future Generations (If There Are Future Generations)": Future generations, if there are future generations, will scarce believe that our species once stockpiled armageddon weapons on purpose, once built our entire civilization around economic models that could only result in the destruction of our biosphere,
Dear Caitlin, I've been reading you along this whole year and actually some time before. Thank you so much for bringing these precious pieces of your clear vision and hope. You have no idea what a relief it has been to actually read someone who hasn't given into being brainwashed and hasn't lost her/his humanity, compassion and simple notion of reality. Wonderful job given the circumstances. And one more separate, particular thank you for not being russo-/homo-/what-will-you -phobic and being able to talk about realities without blaming human beings based on their condition/nationality/anything. I hope that the grim probabilities so far described shall end up having been nothing more than just that and that the restraint by all sides (at least, out of a simple self-preservation instinct) shall prevail. Because otherwise it would be just fucking unthinkable. Still, I can't miss the oportunity to thank you from the my heart and let you know that you're doing a Great Job and that you're being read by rather unexpected persons from rather unexpected places. A great hug and peace be with you and your loved ones!
My experience is that when you have spent a lifetime exploring people, places and consciousness you have unusual experiences, synchronicities and growth. Mystics in all times probably could relate. There is more to this life than ...
Here is a story to demonstrate...
I had ridden the train in the cheap seats for five days from Toronto to Vancouver. Arriving early in the morning with another full day of buses and ferries on a tight schedule to get to my Workaway site I set off around 6 am walking rapidly to rendezvous with my first bus.
Suddenly a large raven flew right above my head and lightly scraped my scalp. I woke from my stupor just as a man was walking towards me (there were not many people about so early). I thought to ask him directions and discovered I was going in the wrong direction...
We are as a race almost defined by our imagination, so it is very appropriate to imagine a possible future of survivors, and why they survived: Yes, future generations, you are here only because you figured it out: you solved the paradox and we never did, that having power over people does not make you powerful, but weak, that loading yourself down with possessions does not add to your value, or substitute for love, but destroys your ability to love what is truly lovable. We were eventually calcified by it all in a concrete cocoon of bad ideas, values and principles from which we could not extricate ourselves, because we had lost the ability to feel or imagine anything, even the threat of certain torturous death.
We allowed the panderers of war, obscene wealth and false glory to enslave us, and half mesmerized, failed to stop them, ignoring the truly glorious gift of life we were freely given, and the means to sustain it for a very long time. Ingratitude and blind hubris destroyed us. You will not make the same mistake.
Future generations, if there are future generations, 'will be impressed by' the herculean effort we poured into keeping enlightenment from crashing in. However……
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Stirling University in England just dropped the author Jane Austin (of all people) from an extremely worthy studying subject in order to “decolonize the curriculum.”
For those oldies, those few who remember the 10 May 1933, we saw German students burn upwards of 25,000 volumes of "un-German" books in the square at the State Opera, Berlin, thereby presaging an era of uncompromising state censorship. In many other university towns, nationalist students marched in torch lit parades against the "un-German" spirit.
Central to Enlightenment thought were the use and celebration of reason, the power by which humans understand the universe and improve their own condition. The goals of rational humanity were considered to be knowledge, freedom, and happiness.
In Australia, could we now fear for the writings of Henry Lawson…the USA perhaps losing access to Mark Twain because they and authors like Jane Austin are part of a plan to “decolonise”.
It. is happening now in a British university.
Future generations, if you are reading this, don’t let that happen.
This is exactly the impressionistic petite-bourgeois goop that shines no light on anything nor makes any serious move to change things. All the catalogue of horrors listed herein spring from the socio-economic-production system we live under ... capitalism ... and the class whose interests it serves. Most, if not all those crimes listed herein are committed by the wealth-amassed and production-controlling class that rules us. Only serious change can come when workers (not posturring, self-righeous and "aren't we oh so angry" petite-bourgeois twitterers and substackers) become conscious of their enormous power and are led by a Marxist/Leninist vanguard workers' party. Only until the bourgeoisie is dispossessed of it's control of production which they use solely for profit, not the needs of those who create those profits, is any permanent, real change possible. There is a very serious class war being waged ... now almost entirely one-sidedly .... and the sooner workers figure that out the better. Caitlin, your use of "we" in your litany of blame is very dangerous ... it's just what our rulers like to see ... deflection from them onto some amorphous "we".
There seems to be this fantasy that humans learn from experiences in the past, not much of our history shows this is actually true. Why should we expect that future generations will be wiser than we are ? Where is the historical evidence to suggest that human consciousness is capable of overcoming our ingrained instincts ? We still have war, greed, sloth and more, yet we have known of these evils for millenia.
No other animals override their instincts by way of logic and intellect, why should we be any different?
Where is there evidence that we have overridden our instincts in the past or present ?
Comprehending and seeing truthfulness is a challenge given the noise; the gas-lighting, gatekeepers, narratives, algorithms, and deceptions from TPTB. My process is collecting and connecting "dots" where the "Master Dot (where all dots lead) is often "Cui Bono (who benefits?) If people want a just and moral society, they need to collect and connect "dots" that benefit a just and moral society. Not “dots” that benefit The War Machine, Big Finance, Big Govt, The CIA, MI-6, and the Davos Crowd. Thank you Caitlin for "dots" you provide without all the noise. But it is the responsibility of the individual to collect and connect their "dots." If they don't, someone else will connect their "dots" for them. Cui Bono? Great work - God bless.
Dear Caitlin, I've been reading you along this whole year and actually some time before. Thank you so much for bringing these precious pieces of your clear vision and hope. You have no idea what a relief it has been to actually read someone who hasn't given into being brainwashed and hasn't lost her/his humanity, compassion and simple notion of reality. Wonderful job given the circumstances. And one more separate, particular thank you for not being russo-/homo-/what-will-you -phobic and being able to talk about realities without blaming human beings based on their condition/nationality/anything. I hope that the grim probabilities so far described shall end up having been nothing more than just that and that the restraint by all sides (at least, out of a simple self-preservation instinct) shall prevail. Because otherwise it would be just fucking unthinkable. Still, I can't miss the oportunity to thank you from the my heart and let you know that you're doing a Great Job and that you're being read by rather unexpected persons from rather unexpected places. A great hug and peace be with you and your loved ones!
My experience is that when you have spent a lifetime exploring people, places and consciousness you have unusual experiences, synchronicities and growth. Mystics in all times probably could relate. There is more to this life than ...
Here is a story to demonstrate...
I had ridden the train in the cheap seats for five days from Toronto to Vancouver. Arriving early in the morning with another full day of buses and ferries on a tight schedule to get to my Workaway site I set off around 6 am walking rapidly to rendezvous with my first bus.
Suddenly a large raven flew right above my head and lightly scraped my scalp. I woke from my stupor just as a man was walking towards me (there were not many people about so early). I thought to ask him directions and discovered I was going in the wrong direction...
We are as a race almost defined by our imagination, so it is very appropriate to imagine a possible future of survivors, and why they survived: Yes, future generations, you are here only because you figured it out: you solved the paradox and we never did, that having power over people does not make you powerful, but weak, that loading yourself down with possessions does not add to your value, or substitute for love, but destroys your ability to love what is truly lovable. We were eventually calcified by it all in a concrete cocoon of bad ideas, values and principles from which we could not extricate ourselves, because we had lost the ability to feel or imagine anything, even the threat of certain torturous death.
We allowed the panderers of war, obscene wealth and false glory to enslave us, and half mesmerized, failed to stop them, ignoring the truly glorious gift of life we were freely given, and the means to sustain it for a very long time. Ingratitude and blind hubris destroyed us. You will not make the same mistake.
Very profound and so incisive as to this cock-eyed world in 2022.
You are my favorite writer right now, and it's not even close.
Thank you for all your amazing work CJ
Future generations, if there are future generations, 'will be impressed by' the herculean effort we poured into keeping enlightenment from crashing in. However……
.
Stirling University in England just dropped the author Jane Austin (of all people) from an extremely worthy studying subject in order to “decolonize the curriculum.”
For those oldies, those few who remember the 10 May 1933, we saw German students burn upwards of 25,000 volumes of "un-German" books in the square at the State Opera, Berlin, thereby presaging an era of uncompromising state censorship. In many other university towns, nationalist students marched in torch lit parades against the "un-German" spirit.
Central to Enlightenment thought were the use and celebration of reason, the power by which humans understand the universe and improve their own condition. The goals of rational humanity were considered to be knowledge, freedom, and happiness.
In Australia, could we now fear for the writings of Henry Lawson…the USA perhaps losing access to Mark Twain because they and authors like Jane Austin are part of a plan to “decolonise”.
It. is happening now in a British university.
Future generations, if you are reading this, don’t let that happen.
The corrupting of worlds is our heritage. Future generations will have fallen through to the next world and will tell stories of our folly.
This is exactly the impressionistic petite-bourgeois goop that shines no light on anything nor makes any serious move to change things. All the catalogue of horrors listed herein spring from the socio-economic-production system we live under ... capitalism ... and the class whose interests it serves. Most, if not all those crimes listed herein are committed by the wealth-amassed and production-controlling class that rules us. Only serious change can come when workers (not posturring, self-righeous and "aren't we oh so angry" petite-bourgeois twitterers and substackers) become conscious of their enormous power and are led by a Marxist/Leninist vanguard workers' party. Only until the bourgeoisie is dispossessed of it's control of production which they use solely for profit, not the needs of those who create those profits, is any permanent, real change possible. There is a very serious class war being waged ... now almost entirely one-sidedly .... and the sooner workers figure that out the better. Caitlin, your use of "we" in your litany of blame is very dangerous ... it's just what our rulers like to see ... deflection from them onto some amorphous "we".
Thank you again Caitlin
Beautiful. Gives hope there will be a world someday beyond this dumpster fire of greed and evil.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thank you!
That says it all. Heartbreaking in it's truth and sadness. Brilliantly written.
I will keep my optimism and say there will be future generations. Thank you for sharing this insight.
It seems they are followers of a death cult. That's an explanation, but not an excuse.
There seems to be this fantasy that humans learn from experiences in the past, not much of our history shows this is actually true. Why should we expect that future generations will be wiser than we are ? Where is the historical evidence to suggest that human consciousness is capable of overcoming our ingrained instincts ? We still have war, greed, sloth and more, yet we have known of these evils for millenia.
No other animals override their instincts by way of logic and intellect, why should we be any different?
Where is there evidence that we have overridden our instincts in the past or present ?
Comprehending and seeing truthfulness is a challenge given the noise; the gas-lighting, gatekeepers, narratives, algorithms, and deceptions from TPTB. My process is collecting and connecting "dots" where the "Master Dot (where all dots lead) is often "Cui Bono (who benefits?) If people want a just and moral society, they need to collect and connect "dots" that benefit a just and moral society. Not “dots” that benefit The War Machine, Big Finance, Big Govt, The CIA, MI-6, and the Davos Crowd. Thank you Caitlin for "dots" you provide without all the noise. But it is the responsibility of the individual to collect and connect their "dots." If they don't, someone else will connect their "dots" for them. Cui Bono? Great work - God bless.