10/04/2019
Humanity is really in a very difficult place at the moment. We're stuck in a crossroads between the old, nationalised economies and the globalisation of the future. The two are colliding like tectonic plates.
There are no bad or evil people here, just groups that are affected differently.
First world manufacturing, and thus most blue collar work, has largely fled their states due to a combined push from globalising trade and weakened protections. Unions have evaporated largely, and workers are left to the whims of their employers.
The anger, the frustration comes from the hundreds of millions of western workers who cant find the work their parents had. Only minimal pay service jobs. The vague hope that Trump might fix this is why his support base will never stop supporting him. Its a desperation by those felt abandoned.
But whats the answer here? The only two sustainable systems are at either end, where we are is unsustainable. We have two choices, repeal global trade and technology and revert to a more isolated 50s style world, which did function. Or, as I believe is the better answer, embrace and push through to fully realized globalism. Where the entire world is one, 50s style, strong union, cheap education state.
By removing economic competition, wherever you are you'll be able to move and find work. By having a single labour market, the employees and unions will be able to demand much more amenable standards. No more being undercut by low cost Chinese labour.
Not only that, but its the only hope we ever have of seeing the rest of the universe.
We're 50k years overdue for another mass extinction event, I firmly agree with Cooper: "Humanity was born on this planet, we were never meant to die here".