The wealthy cannot barricade themselves

Good morning,

I write from Arctic Norway where I teach psychology in the local university. Thank you for the essay. I have lived in rural Philippines, and what you describe fits the scene there as well.

The world is going to become more and more ugly, I fear. And wealthy nations are planning how to remain wealthy and barricaded, at the same time planning how to import and exploit cheap foreign labour.

It is a paradox that will not work.

Markus
Norway

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Markus,

Not only is such a plan not going to work, it hasn’t been working for quite a while now, which is why we have pretty much lost our natural planet. And like you say, it is going to be more ugly from here on out. The wealthy cannot barricade themselves.

Think suicide bomber. Think of the cost of national and personal security bankrupting an already bankrupt country. Think trying to capture resources that are already exhausted.

Oh, I forgot. Nobody is thinking, or even allowed to think in the new world financial order.

In art and labor,

Joe