What is - and what will be (Summary of book "PLADESNIEKANT")
Published under "The Future of our Orwell-World"
Remember my Editors Letter with title "Philosophical reasoning of 2000 years is killing our Earth" - relating to my book "PLADESNIEKANT", regarded as number one for "relevance" of all Letters written by René Delavy?
This small book, not discussed so far by the feuilletons, is in a way my philosophical testament of all the themes published in books or in Editors letters. It summarizes again "What today's reality is - and what it will be in the near future". The human mankind lives in a reality that is not understood in its complexity, because our systems have created a chaos in politics, science, culture, environment and daily thinking. Therefore, worldwide developments can no longer be reasonably interpreted and taken for real by anyone, because all people - the powerful and the weak, the rich and the poor, the healthy and the sick, are preoccupied surviving in a high-superficial money-world. In fact, we all are passing through our daily boulevardesk life in form of a funny serial of fairy-tales and dreams, taken for real and dictated by superficial thoughts. All this generates a sort of Hollywoodian life where "the real" fictions just the contrary of what we think it is.
At the same time, we all believe that the daily life - with its multitude of news all around the globe, must reflect our true reality. But the evident forces on Earth are "hidden" for most people in their awareness because all mechanics are dictated by a chaos of decision-making and wrong maxims. Today, no scientists or "philosophers" seem to understand what's happening.
Therefore, let's start analyzing the situation we live in, start looking on the real "condition humaine" and you may discover thoughts that, in this quality, never touched your consciousness. There is in fact a real basis for recognition - but don't ask for arguments or truths we have learnt at school or universities. Exactly this heritage is the reason why all goes down the drain from now on without profound changes.
Human beings have always neglected the basics of human life on Earth. Some fundamental truths about reality were misunderstood. Look at the simple standards and maxims that should have prevailed in philosophy and science, as a basis for our political, cultural and natural life - since more than 2000 years:
- Humans cannot live without sufficient energy stuff and resources, becoming soon priceless
- Humans (and the planet) cannot live without breathable air and drinkable water
- Humans stand before an energy-machinery, producing climate collapses
- Humans science have created facts that all will end up in immense catastrophes
- Humans have built gigantic towers of debts that risk to crash stock exchanges and banks
- Humans worship sports and other superficialities, dictating our unrealistic daily living
- Humans shredder daily news of no importance and are reading dull literature
- Humans believe in eternal growth, destructing eventually the natural living on Earth
- Humans strive for stupid economic theories like neo-liberalism, disadvantaging the poor
- Humans live with low maxims for ethics and morals, particularly true for "powerful" brains
- Humans accept often to be governed by the most stupid politicians we could find
- Humans believe in democracies that are in fact "dictatorships of dull majorities"
- Humans worship like a religion the idea of profit-maximation in favour of few rich people
- Humans do not centralize social justice and equal human rights for all nations and people
And therefore, human beings cannot live without understanding what's going on and what are the real mechanics - fundamentally seen, because they cannot recognize the origins and results of actions and reactions. They cannot see the difference between important matters and peanuts, with regard to complex facts and happenings on Earth.
In fact the explosion of one and only species, Homo sapiens, lead to an unliveable situation: In the long run and considering our style of living, only perhaps one or two billion humans could live happily on this platform, the Earth. For more, we should have two or more huge planets - especially in the wild circumstances our "civilisation" is, today, actually living. Let's have a close look at the most likely scenario, this capital-dictated way of living will influence the future generations, as long as all our existences are governed by money, shareholder values, profits out of the most destructing products or services, unequal wealth, odd consumerism - in short, a craziness in behaviourism of only one "important" species, running like mad around in a technical world, in a misunderstood reality never seen before - and thus slowly destructing our platform of living, the Earth.
We don't know when we will have come to an end of reasonable thinking and logical behaviour. Therefore, we are, right now, tumbling down the final orcus of human mankind - and no one will have known about these facts, when deadly processes will have come to an end… On the basis of my work and testament "PLADESNIEKANT", my view on the "condition humaine" shall here be summarized in an Editors letter not exceeding four pages.
The last decade of human existence may have begun. Therefore, it's time for seizing a unique chance to see the world-situation as it is. In few sentences, it should be shown what effects and theories in philosophical thinking could "save" human mankind from its own extermination. Sure, it is almost impossible to create an effect by publishing such articles, but still, we have not many other opportunities, in view of the urgency for changing crazy mechanics and systems, in a criminal world, which was running out of order for a very long time.
A. What is and what will be - in Culture, Science, Economy, Politics and Ecology:
1. Culture
- What is the predominant thinking, the philosophical ground-basis of human beings? - Answer: The development of our thinking has been carved in our brains by all philosophers and scientists of the last 2000 years. They have always put the human matters in the middle of all interest - and never the natural laws of the planet. We pay the price today: Growth and using up all energy and resources of the planet in favour of only a few generations, is the greatest stupidity ever experienced. Behaviourism of this kind will kill humanity in the next 100 years.
- What doubtful effects do deploy our media (Newspapers, Radio, TV, Internet)? - Answer: Only very few editors have an idea of "what reality is - in this World". The colour of news is most of a sort to please the public. Therefore, perpetrators are always the heroes: In TV, radio and papers, whereas their victims seem to be far away of any interest. And thus human crimes explode more and more because such news of action and fun sell very well. Is the Internet a curse or a gift? Since greed and stupidity in the World is much more spread than ethics and intelligence, it will prove to have functioned as one of the nail to the coffin named "restricted-viewed reality". It's time for a change.
- What is the influence of literature, theatre, films, arts and culture on our lives? - Answer: You read one novel and you have read them all. Same goes for theatre, films and the rest of culture. What is the phenomenon? Simple: The eternal laws of nature on feeling and behaviourism are eternally recycled and no one sees the similarities. This will prove to be fatal because what humans needed was a total sight on the world as it is. Answering the same eternally repeated questions, as only real interest in the brains of 99 percent of the humans, may prove to be deadly.
- What should be regarded as science, art, literature and philosophy making us seize reality in our world? - Answer: Do science and philosophy really show us "what is"? Error. They show the beautiful sides of our lives and neglect the rest. Missing alternative thinking speeds up the express-train in the wall, called "end of all vanities". What will be left after the crash, produced by ideas of a crazy consciousness, are astonishing results, born out of simplifying pragmatic views on the world. Those have never reflected the true chaos of realities as it was and as it is - taking place outside the restricted sight of Homo sapiens.
2. Science
- What are the relevant effects, the existent sciences have on our real life and our future? - Answer: Science must not necessarily be bad or destructing. Who, however, disregards the natural limits of feasibility on Earth, hits during long periods with huge clubs on environment and all richness of the planet that makes us live. Who destroys with the means of science, with technology, with capital, with empty thoughts the future of all generations to come, is an ignorant whose criminal acts can, in times to come, never be corrected any more.
- What are the differences between natural science (Naturwissenschaften) and "the Arts" or mental science (Geisteswissenschaften)? - Answer: The distinction is marginal. The mental sciences dictate the frame of reasoning and the natural sciences transform theories in practical techniques, industry and the wonder of our money-world. One science influences the other and vice-versa. The "Now-Time" is dictated by 2000 years of human reasoning and its transformation in a chaotic capital-world, destructing eventually the history of mankind.
- How will science develop in the future and what influence will it have on the real? - Answer: Here comes the law of slowness to play. Sciences - as they are unfortunately - will lead to narrow-passes in a "speed" that does not allow us to "see" the collapses to come in economy, ecology, politics, culture and all the rest. If you accept this to be our "future" than you know more about how human brains influence our view on reality, as it truly is.
- How will human and intelligent sciences look like in the year 2100? - Answer: Sciences should transform until the year 2100 in a way, as they should already be active around the year 2000. The egoistic humans will have learnt that the fundamental laws of nature of our platform Earth should have dictated for all times whatever we should do or should have done. Sciences make us die or survive. This will be the last remembrance, this universe will give us when we are falling down the orcus of self-destruction.
3. Economy
- How do today's economics look like? - Answer: Resources and energy stuffs are going out, will become priceless, the energy-power dictating our climate, due to billions of tons of gas spread in the air, will end up in dryness and waterflood-storms of never seen might, the profit-believers will make tumble all gigantesk towers of debts down on stock exchanges, banks, insurance, old age and health funds. Marx, Orwell and Huxley were completely right with their predictions about the face of future economics in the world.
- What instruments (globalisation, neo-liberalism, privatisation, deregulation etc.) will have an ultimate effect on the economic climate in the world? - Answer: Globalisation is equal to enrichment of the rich on cost of the poor. Neo-liberalism means all power to economy and none to preservation of natural sources of living. Privatisation is equal to money-making with water, electricity, traffic etc. and those having no money can kick the bucket. Deregulation says: "Go and destroy, whatever was under control before, and increase shareholder values wherever you can. So, some become rich and the other go down the drain." These are the instruments of right-wing skunks in present society.
- What are the forces that govern the future life in economics? - Answer: Exactly the same we have already today! Socialist models of thinking tried to change self-destructing models with greed and unequally distributed wealth and natural values. Those systems must have broken, since humans are not made for ethics, equity, empathy and equal rights for all, rights between humans, for animals and for the planet as a whole. Change philosophical views and you change economics and the world as such.
- How does economy look like about the year 2050 - after the collapses of all political, economic, ecologic and cultural systems? - Answer: If we wish to survive another century, we must change everything: Not governments or dull majorities govern the mechanics on Earth, but a world's delegation of wise and human men and women will get full power, will present their plans and views. Not money will make the distinction between the have-and-have-nots, the rich and poor. Goals or aims of humanity will dictate all our acts and doings. These maxims will prove to have been the last possible way out of innumerable impasses.
4. Politics
- What are the prerogatives of today's political world? - Answer: Today, patriotism and nationalism of states dictate the functions on our planet. The political situation is marked by powerful hegemonic nations and their brave vassals. On top the richest entities have the saying and all other can see where they find a place to survive. That's optimal stupidity and drives cultures and religions into terrorist actions and wars all over the lands. The philosophy of omnipotence of some powerful nations, companies or persons must be stopped and replaced by equity laws, helping the Earth to recover from all criminal acts forced on it.
- How will Politics change in the near future? - Answer: It will hardly change. The mass of population will suffer more and more of collapses of all kind. NGO, UNO, IWF, WTO and other mafia organisations will do as if all international problems could be solved without great effort. In fact, what they want is more power and money, exactly the matters that will kill all of us. Only after the lesson of terrible catastrophes, the people (and not governments or organisations) will grasp what's going on. And then, everybody yells after wise personalities - if ever possible without seeing revolutions and civil wars.
- Will there be a change in paradigm in Politics after the foreseen catastrophes? - Answer: As written before, a change of paradigms will only happen on the basis of new philosophical reasoning. Collapses may help, but without understanding what's going on, the mechanics, as mentioned in my books "CHAOS", "10 Maxims for continuation of existence" and "Power x Stupidity = Self-destruction", will continue destructing our base of living.
- Which are the strategies that should have been installed and what sort of Politics must be kept up in the future? - Answer: Haven't we seen all arguments yet? The limits of growth and feasibility dictated during the whole evolution of Homo sapiens should have been the highest maxim. In the last 200 years, however, we have done everything, with the help of money, technique and science, to destroy air, water, grounds, resources, humanity and cultures on Earth. A peaceful and wise humanity could have had a bright future, but such a world is not recognizable at the horizon, because powerful forces adopt destructive priorities, based on a very low reasoning.
5. Ecology
- How could it happen that we are now standing on the edge of ecologic collapses? - Answer: We have arrived, around the year 1975, to the "point of no return". There was the edge when intellectual forces could still have installed mechanics for a survival-scheme on this planet. We had witnesses: Club of Rome, youth-revolutions, some intelligent authors with wide horizon and logical deduction-force, who tried hard to convince editors to open their mind, edit fundamental books, have articles published in newspapers and other media, in order to guarantee a change of mind and reasonable developments. The contrary was achieved - with all results we experience today.
- Which sort of thinking could have prevented these final catastrophes? - Answer: Philosophers should have understood, since ever, that we must adapt all our doings to the limits offered by nature of a small and lonely planet. There are universal laws, high above our technical and scientific reasoning. All coming ecological catastrophes and collapses are man-made and could have been prevented with a timely change of paradigm in thinking.
- How will our world look like after the foreseen mass-killing in nature? - Answer: A mass-humanity as described in my text "Orakel 2099" (written about 1975), is completely different to a situation of former times, when only few people lived on Earth - like in the Middle Ages. I wrote at that time the following formula: "Power (or mass) x Stupidity (or technical "wonders" like planes, cars, power stations etc.) = Self destruction (of the present structure of human mankind). If we don't stop this mass-insanity, a huge disaster will continue to be produced with regard to nature, humans, animals, air, water, grounds, resources, energy - in fact the whole planet - and Homo sapiens will have come to an end with his days.
- Which sort of options do human mankind have for a liveable future - in harmony with the fundamental laws of our planet Earth? - Answer: We have only very few options. We should see soon a radical reduction of our pretensions, a life in harmony with nature, economizing reserves of water, resources, energy and - above all - the quality of air, respect for all sorts of animals, plants and the whole geo-sphere on Earth. Who believes that almighty industries, money-shifting banks, profit-maximating economics, self-destructing sciences and headless politics - governed by a culture of self-admiring, will automatically bring us away from all impasses and human disasters, will have effected a last intellectual effort for his time - and he will thus help to seal the destiny of Homo sapiens once for all.
6. Summary
Based on the Study "Pladesniekant", we will soon guess, how our world will look like, anywhere in time from 2025 to 2100. We will know how our "New and beautiful world" will look tomorrow. We will also know what kind of disastrous developments will have been born out of today's miracle-hat. We will learn what it meant - with regard to the effects on our planet, when the most "developed" species Homo sapiens tried, for a long period of 2000 years, to play his own God. Have a closer look: That species decided in all areas of living about an unliveable future and a destructive destiny for all of us. It could not have been different, with THESE instruments named "power x stupidity = self destruction". But unfortunately, we used, by the end, our technological achievements as huge clubs, thundering on us in trying to govern or rather plunder our platform Earth. This behaviourism will prove to have been vital. We needed other fundamental politics and philosophies.
B. Possible ways out of Danger:
Hit by the foregoing perspectives, you may, dear reader, wish to read a few lines about positive ways, how to prevent the falling in the final trap of human mankind, the Orcus of our vanities. How should our brains look on the world in future when we wish to be enough informed in order to recognize why our life-programs are just now collapsing? In the meantime, we are living like robots, willing to believe in simple truths, instead of grasping the true complexity of our reality.
Thus we may wish to know what maxims should be recognized to correct our views on the humans' sense for reality:
First Maxim: Not a World governed by money, greed, destruction of all natural wealth will save humanity. All we need is a sharp turn to a reduction of all our wishes, needs and consumerism.
Second Maxim: We should build up a "Zielgesellschaft" (society of aims and goals) instead of a society of capital, striving for more and more and more useless goods and uneatable money…. that will lead to logical collapses of all imaginable kinds.
Third Maxim: Autarky and autonomy are the words for a liveable future. Not "globalisation", neo-liberalism, deregulation, socialism, capitalism, consumerism, and all scrap born in the brains of a species that did never see its limits - and therefore has developed insane systems of living in the last 100 years.
Fourth Maxim: "Reduce to the max". Reduce the world population from seven and more billions to below two billions. Otherwise, the world will be done by "mass-phenomenon" - even before our coming generations, our youth, will have reached the year 2100.
Fifth Maxim: Eliminate or reduce all destructing technologies, like cars, planes, power stations, by totally changing human's style of living. For living well, there is no vital need for surpassing immense distances with high speed. Real life-quality should be: Clean air and water, food, space, natural land, quietness, fundamental needs for living - like cloths, shelter, housing, sun, culture and free times for useful doings.
Sixth Maxim: Nourishment should mainly be produced where you live, like all the rest too (autarky). Transportation of goods over thousands of miles is one of the highest stupidities of the humans. We can have all we need to survive without this splendid circus of technology, by adopting a reasonable system of supply - without destroying our planet.
Seventh Maxim: Forget all capital resources: Money, shares, treasury bonds, bank accounts, financing and derivative instruments. We don't need money producing gigantesk towers of debts that will tumble on all nations, banks and stock exchanges, in the long run. We need planning how to survive as a species, with least possible self-destruction.
Eights Maxim: We should live in symbiosis with animals, nature, air, soil, water - the whole richness of our planet, the sole possible platform of living for Homo sapiens. If we forget about this basic and not replaceable principle, we will soon be lost for all times.
Ninth Maxim: Nothing will and can better without a fundamental change of thinking, a new philosophy, understood by each person on this globe. Yes, we need a change of paradigm in philosophy, psychology and science in order to guarantee the survival of our species.
Tenth Maxim: Should the daily reality of living not be able to adopt these maxims in his mind, the humans can forget about a future for any generations to come. In fact, today, we are already lost, definitely and for good. Since about the year 1975, the "point of no return" has been ignored by a mental mass-phenomenon and has produced the results we can see at the beginning of the 21st century, with regard to the effects of a criminal behaviour towards the sole base of living, a potentially beautiful paradise, the human's platform Earth.
That's all folks, for this very day. This writing is absolutely useless and whoever prints it, might not really believe in these few and summarizing lines. Some forums will chat a little, but the wave that will send us down the orcus, within the next 50 years, will silence forever all useless gossip - and the author of these lines will be dead by that time. What a nice perspective for a modern philosopher and his shouting in the wind!
