Part 2- Lifecycle for the Median Person in West is Damaged Beyond Repair
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In the previous post of this series, I wrote about how a number of systemic changes caused by adoption of neoliberal policies in western countries over past 3-4 decades had slowly destroyed the foundations of post-WW2 lifecycle for most people living in those countries. While it took some time for most people to appreciate the extent of this slow motion destruction of previous status quo, neither the majority nor the ’elite’ minority who are pushing these changes have grasped its final consequences. Oddly enough, there is no shortage of “credentialed” public intellectuals and other assorted charlatans who pretend to have a solution for some superficial aspects of this problem. To better understand what I am getting at, it is necessary to first address a seemingly unrelated topic- namely, complex systems with emergent properties such as human societies. The important part is that any significant changes in such systems are not reversible and often have unpredictable effects. This is especially true if the changes disrupt a previously stable and functional equilibrium.
Part 2- Lifecycle for the Median Person in West is Damaged Beyond Repair
Part 2- Lifecycle for the Median Person in…
Part 2- Lifecycle for the Median Person in West is Damaged Beyond Repair
In the previous post of this series, I wrote about how a number of systemic changes caused by adoption of neoliberal policies in western countries over past 3-4 decades had slowly destroyed the foundations of post-WW2 lifecycle for most people living in those countries. While it took some time for most people to appreciate the extent of this slow motion destruction of previous status quo, neither the majority nor the ’elite’ minority who are pushing these changes have grasped its final consequences. Oddly enough, there is no shortage of “credentialed” public intellectuals and other assorted charlatans who pretend to have a solution for some superficial aspects of this problem. To better understand what I am getting at, it is necessary to first address a seemingly unrelated topic- namely, complex systems with emergent properties such as human societies. The important part is that any significant changes in such systems are not reversible and often have unpredictable effects. This is especially true if the changes disrupt a previously stable and functional equilibrium.