collapse of the old society

“The brazen hypocrisy staggers the mind. Disney, which commands a market cap larger than the GDP of many nations, can't find the courage to even wait for court challenges? Meta, which regularly boasts its power to connect billions, suddenly can't muster the strength to defend its own policies and users? These aren't businesses making tough choices – they're paper empires run by moral cowards—simpering, whimpering, and weak.”

Cross posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/16652473

Meet the new right, same as the old right.

Collapse related because when the rich tell the poor "the solution to inflation is tighten your belts" it means your country is fucked. Austerity, y'all.

Aside for its length, it's amazing to me how much Sagan models the archetypal scientist warning from a disaster movie. At the end, he essentially -- but in very calm terms -- warns the US congress that for the next generation to avert catastrophe, we will need to find a global consciousness that supersedes our petty tribal grievances.