2016 Postmortem

vlyons

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27. Yes indeed, we live in degenerate times

Sun Sep 25, 2016, 09:10 AM

Sep 2016

As someone who practices Tibetan Buddhism, I think about the prophesies of Padmasambhava (http://templemind.blogspot.com/2012/03/shocking-prophecies-made-by.html). Many of his prophesies seem to be coming true. Personally, I feel like we are in a great moral struggle, as great as the struggle against slavery or the struggles over colonialism/nationalism/Fascism/communism. Actually the struggle against colonialism/nationalism/Fascism/communism are still ongoing. The version of our time is a struggle against the corruption of corporate greed and racism and oligarchy. We fight for universal human rights and against greed, ignorance, and hatred. As climate change advances, more people will be displaced and food prices will escalate. People will be pitted against one another and fight over water resources and arable land. That's what I see.

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Does anyone else feel like western civilization is on the line? [View all] LAS14 Sep 2016 OP

Yes. It feels lately like the world is tilting on its axis. n/t pnwmom Sep 2016 #1

Maybe our little corner of it. Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2016 #2

Hundreds of nations are watching us, appalled, Hortensis Sep 2016 #34

I think, like Rome, we are evolving into a country of one person rule. jalan48 Sep 2016 #3

It's called the imperial presidency. Charles Montesquieu predicted it in the 1748 Bucky Sep 2016 #32

Thanks for the good info. jalan48 Sep 2016 #33

Yes shenmue Sep 2016 #4

WORLD MFM008 Sep 2016 #5

It's been on the line since World War 1. Dalziel3979 Sep 2016 #6

Yes, in fact. CBHagman Sep 2016 #7

We can only hope that the military holds fast should we get... LAS14 Sep 2016 #9

Not so hard when the authoritarians control all three branches of the federal government, as tblue37 Sep 2016 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author LAS14 Sep 2016 #8

The decline of a civilization is a slow and gradual process that takes many many years. airplaneman Sep 2016 #10

Absolutely... First Speaker Sep 2016 #11

I think more than western civilization is on the line NastyRiffraff Sep 2016 #12

The world is under attack from Shankapotomus Sep 2016 #13

It doesn't feel like a last gasp to me. Hope so, though. LAS14 Sep 2016 #22

If we win the senate and retake the USSC it could well be the end of the GOP..... bettyellen Sep 2016 #36

Western civilization on the line - Battle of Tours 732 packman Sep 2016 #14

American civilisation was lost when Bush stole the election in 2000. wickerwoman Sep 2016 #15

No. volstork Sep 2016 #16

God, YES! AgadorSparticus Sep 2016 #17

There are a LOT of fun nicknames for Trump... Grown2Hate Sep 2016 #18

Yes Maru Kitteh Sep 2016 #19

I feel like Western civilization is like a rabbit shot on the run--it continues for a while in the tblue37 Sep 2016 #20

No. dawg Sep 2016 #23

The far right is awfully healthy in France and Germany and now England. LAS14 Sep 2016 #24

Parliamentary systems allow fringe parties to survive and make lots of noise. dawg Sep 2016 #25

A trump like figure couldn't get this far in the UK remaineruk Sep 2016 #26

Yes indeed, we live in degenerate times vlyons Sep 2016 #27

Canada would be smart to build a wall n/t left-of-center2012 Sep 2016 #28

Western civ? No. paleotn Sep 2016 #29

Has been for a long time. Orsino Sep 2016 #30

Definitely CJohnson_LS Sep 2016 #31

Western Civilization? BSdetect Sep 2016 #35

Wow, there's a western civilization? Coyotl Sep 2016 #37

OK, since 67 out of 100 viewers were able to recognize... LAS14 Sep 2016 #38

Absolutely Osakagreg Sep 2016 #39

No (nt) bigwillq Sep 2016 #40