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Philo Sophies<p>Guest article by Dr. <a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/Bernhard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bernhard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/We%C3%9Fling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weßling</span></a>: “<a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/Origin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Origin</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/complexity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>complexity</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/crises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crises</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>time</span></a>”</p><p>I like to put the <a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/theses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theses</span></a> contained in his new book up for <a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/discussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discussion</span></a> on my <a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> blog. That's why I'm now looking forward to possible, even “coincidental” <a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/resonances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resonances</span></a> and look forward to numerous <a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/comments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comments</span></a> on the topic.</p><p>More at: <a href="https://philosophies.de/index.php/2025/03/16/zufall-krisen-zeit/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">philosophies.de/index.php/2025</span><span class="invisible">/03/16/zufall-krisen-zeit/</span></a></p><p>or: <a href="https://www.bernhard-wessling.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bernhard-wessling.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Otis White<p>You can learn a lot about gov't from studying disaster relief, from how <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/federalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federalism</span></a> works (or doesn't) to why "best practices" are important in <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/crises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crises</span></a>. Most important, you'll see why focus, professionalism and good management are critical to good gov't. <a href="http://www.fromthegovt.com/disaster-relief/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fromthegovt.com/disaster-relie</span><span class="invisible">f/</span></a></p>
Mark<p>There are many ways Trump could trigger <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/global" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>global</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collapse</span></a>. How to survive</p><p>Could be <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a> or financial crisis. The rich will flee to bunkers; rest of us will need to fend for ourselves</p><p>We might find it hard to imagine, we can't rule out the possibility USA's collapse</p><p>Degradation of federal govt by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> could trigger series of converging &amp; compounding <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/crises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crises</span></a>, leading to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>social</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/financial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>financial</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/industrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industrial</span></a> failure</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/18/donald-trump-global-collapse-wildfires-pandemic-financial-crisis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/feb/18/donald-trump-global-collapse-wildfires-pandemic-financial-crisis</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Dictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictator</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DictatorTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DictatorTrump</span></a></p>
Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://impakter.com/climate-and-energy-shifting-the-trillions-fossil-fuels-but-in-the-right-direction/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">impakter.com/climate-and-energ</span><span class="invisible">y-shifting-the-trillions-fossil-fuels-but-in-the-right-direction/</span></a> </p><p>the current structures of the Multilateral <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Development" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Development</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Banks</span></a> are ill-equipped to address the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a> or effectively manage numerous successive <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/crises" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>crises</span></a> in the short term<br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/stopsubsidizepolluters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stopsubsidizepolluters</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/pricepollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pricepollution</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/carbonFee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>carbonFee</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/guaranteedbasicincome" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>guaranteedbasicincome</span></a></p>
Gladwyn d’Souza<p>He green-lighted <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/coups" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>coups</span></a> and enabled <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/genocides" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>genocides</span></a>. He told <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dictators</span></a> to get their <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/killing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>killing</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/torturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>torturing</span></a> done quickly, sold out the Kurds, and ran the botched operation to kidnap Chilean Gen. René Schneider (in the hope of derailing President Salvador <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Allende" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Allende</span></a>’s inauguration), which resulted in Schneider’s murder. His post-<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Vietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Vietnam</span></a> turn to the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> left that region in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chaos</span></a>, setting the stage for <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/crises" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>crises</span></a> that continue to afflict <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>humanity</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/world/kissinger-100-crimes-watergate/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenation.com/article/world/ki</span><span class="invisible">ssinger-100-crimes-watergate/</span></a></p>