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Episode 11

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The Togetherness Project

Intro Episode 11

Revisiting the why and how of The Togetherness Project.

First up: What happened last week and how it fits with the Four Horsemen?:

  • Rampant inflation. How and Why
  • Geopolitical unrest. What do we know about the Patterns of History
  • Violence is driven by a sense of ongoing injustice. What contributes to that and how does it present?

Today’s Topic – A history of inequality and its violent outcomes

It is time to have a look at some of the things we talked about before. We will try to update some of what we talked about and get a bit of context.

The Issues

Inflation and Bonds

Why bonds set the benchmark for almost every financial metric

What is driving the bond market. Why this is different to the media and economics pundits

Are consumers to blame?

What is really happening

Unrest, riots – collapse

Why is Europe rioting??

Do we know what might be happening by reviewing history/anthropology?

A few examples:

  • French Revolution
  • Cromwell’s army
  • Hundreds of examples over 2000 years

The psychology and culture behind inequality and violence

A lot of what we believe about freedom and democracy is only partially true

Frustration, anger, lashing out, violence, blood lust

The Response

Democratic Green Shoots – Hungary, Serbia, Brazil even Israel

Major issues: Ukraine, Middle East, USA, Russia

So what can we all do together?

  • Use your vote well
  • Do the things we can individually
  • Join local groups that try to do better things
  • Help each other with random acts of senseless kindness