It is easy enough to become absorbed in the mechanics of a specific sort of crisis, and then one starts to sound like a crank, making various foreboding predictions that may or may not come true, and then pow, something we weren't thinking about - well perhaps some were, whose voices were drowned out - comes in with its haymaker out of the blue. But hey, let's not forget that this haymaker did indeed emerge, and they seem to be emerging one after the other at a quickening pace. What is important to continuously pin down and then illustrate is the general dynamic underpinning the various crises. For example, one looks at the behavior of the political and economic establishments and thinks, well they're just lying, they're not to be trusted, and they have no interest in the wellbeing of their subjects. One doesn't have to write a doctorate thesis - though it can certainly be welcome and useful - on the fine mechanics of this state of affairs and describe exactly how it will play out to provide convincing and useful analysis of what to expect in general. After that work is done, then there is the issue of: welp, they're not going to come help, and they will probably actively make your life worse, so what can be done with the resources you have to act on the general knowledge that things are going to continue to get worse and what in the world can be done about it?
