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Eugenio Mendoza antwortete vor 3 Jahren, 2 Monaten

I am a bit surprised that the discussion about the fall of the Empire anticipated 10 years ago by JG has so little discussion in the IG. It’s as if the Titanic is about to sink and we musicians (the intellectuals) are still playing in the middle of the chaos. As if its uncontainable waters will never come. Is it perhaps a stoic reaction to the inevitable?
- Juergen Becker antwortete vor 3 Jahren, 1 Monat
  
  What options did the musicians have on the Titanic?
  What options do citizens have in a sinking state?
  - Eugenio Mendoza antwortete vor 3 Jahren, 1 Monat
    
    The Titanic was doomed to sink. Surely the musicians had nothing better to do than to continue playing until the end. To wait for the unavoidable. Of course, they could stop playing and try to save their lives. They knew they wouldn’t have a boat but there was always the alternative to stop playing and be creative. I now see that this is a bad…[Weiterlesen]
    - Eugenio Mendoza antwortete vor 3 Jahren, 1 Monat
      
      I think that whatever we are, we have to be creative. Apply the tools available and fight for survival in the best possible way we can.
      It never stops amazing me how Johan Galtun has been able to develop his intuition to anticipate what happened to the Soviet Union and what is happening in the USA.It’s like seeing, in that metaphor of the…[Weiterlesen]
  - Eugenio Mendoza antwortete vor 3 Jahren, 1 Monat
    
    I found this RT interview. Here Johan suggests in its last part some do´s as USA contradictions get harder. May be the life saver in the sinking state, may be (at least some do´s) for other sinking states as well.

Eugenio Mendoza antwortete vor 3 Jahren, 2 Monaten

I am a bit surprised that the discussion about the fall of the Empire anticipated 10 years ago by JG has so little discussion in the IG. It’s as if the Titanic is about to sink and we musicians (the intellectuals) are still playing in the middle of the chaos. As if its uncontainable waters will never come. Is it perhaps a stoic reaction to the inevitable?