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mp_en_viaje: PeterL, michigan used to be like the pollution capital of the us, at some point.
deindustrialization has its advantages huh.
a111: Logged on 2016-12-19 19:10 asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: the death of the 'fat consumer' system is not optional, it's an exponential/runaway growth hallucinatory nonsense. the lizard
deindustrialization program is in re the ~controlled demolition~ of same.
mircea_popescu:
deindustrialization dun enter into this ; de-"personalization" as personhood is currently misrepresented in the west however - does.
mircea_popescu: and as per
http://trilema.com/2016/and-they-wont-fucking-yield/ the absolutely imbecile generation STILL wants to pretend the conversation is about how racist it is to not allow faggots to "marry" ; rather than about how idiotic it is to pretend russia is an enemy and africa's an ally ; or that
deindustrialization is a reasonable response to anything.
a111: Logged on 2016-06-27 20:29 asciilifeform: from phf's link, commentz: '...it's nice that run down neighborhoods get a face lift, and I love craft beer and good food and coffee as much as the next guy (er, gal)-but what happened to the factories and the people that used to work in them? Their lives were largely destroyed by "free trade" and
deindustrialization. We were once a producer society, and we were an economically and culturally healthier countr
mircea_popescu: industrialization is driven on the backs of starving slave/iobagi, and
deindustrialization is driven by lazy, entitled idiots.
mircea_popescu: trade went to commodity-only, which drove the rapid
deindustrialization of 93
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: a kind of 'soft'
deindustrialization. << if that is soft i have no idea what is hard. and also, the people making milk in their back yard are being kept in check with regulation.