Community is dead just like our cricket,

We warned dem decades ago.

evryting crash!

@Chrissy

Could you expand?

@Chrissy

the roots of global turmoil today was sown in the late 70s/80s

@Jumpstart

Jumpy....

 Instead of seeing the 70s/80s as a "starting point," consider them as the moment humanity hit the limits of "infinite growth". The world today feels fractured, with economic volatility and political polarization seemingly at an all-time high.

The late 1970s and 1980s represented a massive pivot in how the world operates, moving away from post-war stability toward a high-risk, high-reward global model.

However, we must be careful not to view history as a straight line. While the 80s provided the framework, recent "shocks" have created their own unique brands of chaos. 

The 2008 financial crisis, the rapid explosion of social media, and the COVID-19 pandemic were not inevitable results of 1980s policy. 

These events accelerated existing fractures and introduced entirely new problems​, like digital misinformation and total supply chain collapse​, that the policymakers of the 20th century could never have imagined.

Ultimately, the global turmoil of the 2020s is a combination of old structural flaws and modern crises. 

The late 70s and 80s gave us the engine for our current world, but the road we are driving on has been warped by more recent storms. 

Understanding this history doesn't just explain why things are broken; it helps us identify which parts of our global system need a total redesign rather than just a quick fix.

Sarge...

@spider

later in di week

@Chrissy

Ok. Waiting.Thanks.

@sgtdjones

Understanding this history doesn't just explain why things are broken; it helps us identify which parts of our global system need a total redesign rather than just a quick fix.

which part ? sarge you are wildly optimistic, the whole needs fixing .

lets start with the paucity of intellect of our elected leaders ,right deyso is where the trickle down started.

Imagine this ,in the entire Caribbean there is only one leader of note and that person is Mia Mottley

On the global stage there are a few Traore ,Putin, Xi Jinping ,Kagame the entire leadership of Iran and Pedro Sanchez of Spain. these are not endorsements,I am merely acknowledging facts

@ponderiver

pondi....

I’m always optimistic. I keep thinking, okay… everything can be fixed. But then I catch myself asking: which part is actually broken? Because it’s not one thing. It’s a whole pattern.

Let’s talk about our elected leaders. Some of them don’t seem to have much intellect for the job, or if they do, they definitely don’t use it for the people. And right there is where the “trickle-down” story really started to show its face.

Remember when people like Reagan and Thatcher pushed those ideas? The promise was: “Give the richest more, and somehow it’ll flow down.” Like water finding its way to everyone else. But what they didn’t have was foresight. They acted like there wouldn’t be consequences. They acted like the world would just bend the way the plan said it would.

Well, now we can see the results. And it’s not cute. It’s not theoretical. The world economy got damaged, and the fallout didn’t politely stay in the boardroom. It landed on regular people’s backs: workers, families, communities, people who didn’t ask for any of that.

And now we’re looking at the leader of the “free world,” watching the destruction play out like it’s business as usual. Decisions being made that affect lives immediately, while the people making them pretend it’s all controlled, all justified, all “for the greater good.”

But where’s that greater good when the policies hurt the ones with the least?

So yeah, maybe we should talk about them some more. But don’t let anybody trick you into thinking the problem is only “out there.” We have to look at ourselves too. We helped elect these people. Or we stayed quiet while they ran the show. And meanwhile the richest keep finding ways to deny the poorest the basics, basic necessities, basic stability, basic dignity.

Like how does that happen in a world that claims it’s advanced? How do we live with leaders who act like human needs are negotiable?

I’m angry, because this isn’t a mystery. It’s not a “guess and hope” situation. It’s a choice. And the choice keeps going the same way.

So the real question isn’t just, “Can the world be fixed?” Of course it can.

The real question is: Who’s going to fix it, and are we tired enough to demand better than speeches and promises?

Because right now, it feels like the system is designed to protect the powerful… and test the patience of everyone else. And we shouldn’t have to be patient for basic life to work.

Sarge

@spider

have not forgotten you. Weekend

@Chrissy

Ok. Waiting.