Posted on 01/14/2023 4:50:41 AM PST by MtnClimber
As a former commercial pilot and aviation CEO, I'm not inherently drawn to political explanations for industrial disruptions. However the nature of the nation's airline meltdown that continues from the recent holiday period may cause one to pause and consider how this may stem, at least in part, from government interests and policy.
It is important to appreciate the extent of intentions and objectives that flow from extremist White House ideology, directed at industrial operations believed to be causal to global warming. This includes aspects of food production (fertilizer, for example), all fossil fuel consumption, and general human mobility (much was made of the COVID "lockdown" strategy and its effect on energy use, travel, and carbon emissions).
The global airline system is also in the climate ideologists' (and the U.N.'s) crosshairs, as it is seen as a major culprit of climate change. Like most arguments made by the progressive left, symbolism is often more important than facts, and while aviation's "carbon footprint" is relatively small (about 3% of total emissions), air travel is also a source of authoritarian political anxiety, as it represents human freedom in mobility and choice, along with its inherent ability to create social contact and the sharing of information and culture. One of the first things that any political despot seeks to curtail in a closed society is contact with outside sources, influence of "foreign" behaviors, and the disruption to political authority by the free exchange of ideas.
Certainly the internet and telecommunications can have a similar impact, which is why these are also filtered and controlled by authoritarian governments. But direct human contact is much more difficult to censor and influence. This is why electronic privacy invasion, surveillance, and data capture are embraced by the left:
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
They want AMERICANS dead.
“...this is probably just the beginning.”
Actually, I believe it has been going on for the 20+ years but it is now accelerating at breakneck speed.
Alex Jones is a bit of a knucklehead at times, and other times he’s just plain nuts, but much of what he has been warning us about is happening now in real time, and the people behind it are not trying to hide it anymore.
It’s a messed up Dystopian world we are living in.
If not for the fact that a certain demographic reliably supports leftist policies, they would be numero uno on the Discard List. Knowledge workers are still essential to the system but, due to increasing automation, low-skilled workers are becoming obsolete.
That’s what I used to think. Then I saw a demonstration of ChatGPT. I’m not so sure I’ll be relevant in 5 more years.
Check this out if you have a sec:
Regarding the welfare folks, I believe their labor is the vote plantation. Still of value for now.
Wow. We’d better get our personal AI systems purchased as soon as possible.
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