I've been ruminating recently on what I see as the desperate state of the UK. Our privatised infrastructure is ailing, our trains are slow and unreliable, our essential services are expensive and poorly serviced. Crime is rife and it's increasingly difficult to find a decent job. The political class are craven ideologues who adhere to the western liberal orthodoxy; a kind of "do what thou wilt" approach to capitalism and war. The collective soul of the UK is in crisis, and one day it may become an existential problem too. The grand cosmic almanac that is the UK crop circle phenomenon, is relaying complex and opaque messages. I've never been able to figure them out, but the general gist I get rings similar to the comments and advice of the Cs over the years. You've been warned over the years, pay attention, and make preparations for a more difficult and hostile future. Will we see comets and an ice age? Possibly. How many of us realistically can say that they are prepped and ready for what the future holds? Not so great a number I'll wager, and I include myself in the group of those who will struggle to adapt to the rapid changes we might see.
The culture of the UK is problematic too. Most people are decent enough, but we have a sizeable and committed portion of criminal minds who will not change their ways. The MSM narrative remains the orthodox received opinion. Those who know and understand where we're at as a nation? Well....we just get ignored, shouted down and marginalised. Most do not question, or stand against the ways of the repressive state apparatus. That is reserved for the hardy souls I'm asking for on here. My fading hope for the future is in the kids today. I know many are on X, and tiktok, and they're eschewing the MSM for alternative views on Gaza, Russia, and politics in general. I want the MSM architecture to collapse and fade into obsolesence. And in the next 10 years we could see this change happen, as the "Boomer Truth Regime" recedes from view, and eventually collapses in a dualistic fashion; fading with increased senility, and also under the weight of its own narcissistic hubris. So my hope is that a more tech savvy younger generation come through to re-frame what is common understanding. A fool's hope but there you go.
I've just found this interview by Andrew Gold, with ex-fireman turned left-wing socialist activist Paul Embery. He's of the old left, not the monstrosity that manifests in contemporary circles in our culture today. He's smart and perceptive about the existential crisis facing the UK. Our elites are insidious, organised, powerful, selfish, crafty, and nasty with it. They hoard power and are ever watchful on the world scene. Not major players, but still there nevertheless. The current Labour government is probably the worst in my lifetime. Kier Starmer is an abominable PM, the same with his entire cabinet. And our armed forces and intel guys are assisting the US and Israel as it continues its satanic blitzkrieg in Gaza and surrounding nations, ultimately with Iran in the crosshairs. The hostility towards all things Chinese and Russian is pathological and highly mechanical. Embery sees the UK for what it is, but like many it will take a genuine "coalition of the knowing", who will take the reins and begin building a "reality of the future" for the British people. I think I just needed to log my thoughts on this thorny issue. On the sly, the UK has had a malign influence for so long now. Those in true power and influence are entrenched and committed to their fate. They cannot comprehend the possibility that they will fail. But I think they will. The UK, US, and Israel will fall, and many will suffer. Trump represents a last ditch attempt by the US to jettison the last cargo of empire. It's a vital tactical retreat. Making the US a solvent operation again is a priority to him for sure. I don't think the man wants war, but on the subject of Israel he's been blind, misinformed, and ignorant. He's got 4 years to change the trajectory of the nation. In 4 years in the UK? Starmer will sign his own death warrant eventually, and they'll continue to mercilessly squeeze the working classes dry with continued cuts. When will there be a response, a reaction? I predict Starmer will lose the next election, probably in 2028-9, but nothing will change. We don't have true democracy. The representation is weak and woeful, in the face of an almost robotic pathocracy. I've been following British politics since 1991 and it's always been this way. The faces change, but the mentality remains....
The one message I get from reality in the UK these days, is the importance of being as well-informed as possible and aligned as closely with objective reality as one can get. Aside from that? Start storing food, water and tobacco I suppose!

Those of us who have made the choice to face the future without flinching, it will be on us to help our society in the torrid years to come. None of us know how it's gonna play out, but we get a general theme by now. As a 50 year old, I shudder to think what life might be like if I live to see 60...

The next 10 years promise to be shattering, and as the Cs said in the last session, things could "get dire" by even this summer!? I cannot see the UK wing of The Beast changing its ways any time soon, so it's down to us to be the change that we want to see in the UK, as objective observers and knowledgeable participants in a brave future.
A bit of a rant, but it needed saying. I'd love to hear from Brits on here, what are you feeling/thinking about current events and the state of the nation in the UK? Feel free to vent at will!

I feel like I'm being chiselled from stone these days. Losing flecks of the self as I shave myself down to the bare minimum. What I truly need and cannot do without. My only luxuries are music, films, internet, games machine, and tobacco. I sold decades worth of electronic equipment a few years back to raise some cash. It was hard to do, but worth it. I needed to become more streamlined. For some reason that's how I imagine myself in the future to be....