It some ways, it is good that it has got worse so fast and not at a slow frog cooking pace - because at least now I think enough people see what is going on that there is at least some kind of resistance. People are realising what happens when they get into a car without caring where it is going - sometimes the destination is a hellscape.

I agree about the solution to BlackRock is for local production - this is also why they probably are buying up so much land, because they realise they can squeeze food prices by just holding farmland - plus, the government pays them not to farm, to control some food prices. If AI can mix things up enough though - and gets to a point where it can make new knowledge, then I think this will be a real nail in the coffin for BlackRock, because it will scale too fast and wild for them to control. I think chaos in the system could lead to freedom - of course, it could lead to hell as well.

I had heard that about the Dutch eating one of their leaders before - lol, but I am going to have to have a look at that in greater detail - that might well be cathartic lol!

Thanks!