The Roadmap To Collapse

Notwithstanding the title, the video goes beyond the ideas from Oswald Spengler, but also draws in ideas advanced by Sir John Glub, Peter Turchin, Joseph Tainter, and Arnold Toynbee. Of course, some, such as Glub, were speaking merely of the collapse of empires while Spengler spoke of civilizations, and Turchin and Tainter's works could be applicable to either. 

The point is that we are in the late fall or winter of Western Civilization and in a period of decline of the United States, nearing a critical juncture per Tainter and Turchin. I suspect that Turchin would actually point to the rise of the DSA as evidence of a revolt in the process or having occurred among the elites, pushed along by the BLM movement and accompanying riots. But I doubt it is the end of the process because it has not resolved the underlying issues of income disparity and the wealth pump, merely shuffled some of the old guard off the stage in favor of a younger generation of elites. In fact, the DSA cannot resolve this issue because the DSA supports policies that benefit the wealth pump. And behind it all is Turchin's theory of collapse based on a concept that complexity will reach a point where it is simply unaffordable. 

I would note that it is possible for a civilization to transform and revitalize, which is something that Carroll Quigley briefly discussed in his book, Tragedy and Hope. This happened to Europe after the discovery of the New World--part of a larger transformation into world trade and expansion. It could happen again, most likely based around space exploration, development, and colonization. Otherwise, I fear that the future will be one similar to the Bronze Age collapse with a multitude of countries experiencing collapse simultaneously or nearly simultaneously. 

 VIDEO: "Every Civilization Dies the Same Stupid Way — Spengler Predicted Ours"
Mindplicit (27 min.)

Traitors Abound

Breitbart reports: "Sen. Jim Justice, Citing Difficulties for Ranchers, Says ‘Maybe’ ICE Is ‘Doing Something Wrong Here or There’ and Needs to ‘Adjust’ Tactics in Rural Areas." Justice is a RINO from West Virginia who is suddenly afraid that ICE is doing too good of a job and its hurting some of his rich donors. From the article:

    Sen. Jim Justice (R-WV), citing “a very difficult balancing act from the standpoint of our ranchers” regarding recent ICE arrests in rural areas, suggested ICE should go about their enforcement actions in those areas differently.

    Justice told Politico that he hopes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will alter its policy of ranging out into rural areas to arrest illegal migrants.

    “Before you know it, you get people that get carried away in their job and whatever it may be, and all of a sudden, then you’re dragging people away that have lived on your street corner for 15 years, and I don’t know that we need to be doing that stuff,” the senator said.

    He went on to suggest that ICE is “doing something wrong” with its tactics of rural arrests.
Robert VerBruggen
    “To get better, the first thing you got to do is admit you’re doing something wrong,” the senator said. “And in this situation, with all that’s going on and all the stuff, we probably got to step back from it and say, ‘Maybe we’re doing something wrong here or there,’ and then adjust to that.”

    Justice is speaking out in hopes of protecting ranchers and farmers who employ illegal migrants to fill low-wage jobs.

This seems part and parcel with a new tactic I'm hearing more of, which is to complain that Trump only promised to remove the hardened criminals, not the ones simply taking American jobs and facilitating the wealth pump on which the rich donors depend. Yet at the 2024 GOP convention, Trump was promising mass deportations of illegal aliens, not just the selective deportation of violent offenders. People want their country back and the illegals gone. 

And speaking of traitors:

• Robert VerBruggen at City Journal argues in his article, "The Troubles With the H-1B Program", that the problem with the H1B program is that employers are not paying the Indian tech workers enough. 
• US ‌District Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland, California, is the second federal judge to block the $100,000 fee for H1B visa applicants.
• The Battleswarm blog observes that the Great Replacement is alive and well, noting: "The International Institute of St. Louis has a prescription for Missouri communities losing residents: bring in more immigrants." Specifically, Muslim immigrants from Afghanistan. And to help, it is offering these migrants rent assistance, gift cards until they can get on food stamps, "bus passes for classes, and help applying for SNAP, Medicaid, and WIC." They will also help with getting these people on other forms of public assistance and helping them learn English so it easier for them to get jobs. They will even help immigrants with getting business grants. 

Not all of the news is bleak, though: "Win: SCOTUS Allows ‘Safe Third Country’ Deportations"--Breitbart. A lot of the countries whose citizens have illegally entered the United States won't accept them back when they are deported. The program which the leftists are trying to block instead sends those illegals to a third country.