The Weekly Flail — November 9, 2024

OVERVIEW

The political reality of cultural collapse is on us. With what appears to be a reasonably legitimate national election, the coup de gras terminating the Great American Experiment was delivered. It was not a surprise, although most of the US population is still in shock and entering the first stage of mourning.

It is safe to say that no one won. Based on history, a large group of people are already beginning to realize that they were fooled. That realization will grow as the consequences of this become inescapable and the planet descends into climate-triggered collapse.

I write about these things in specific articles, so I won’t flail at them here. However, I must emphasize an important note about my sources here. I use American science and technology publications, e.g., Scientific American and others here, but I will use mainstream American media carefully. It is no longer reliable.

While propaganda is everywhere, more reliable international sources exist for climate, political, and technical reporting. This is not new for The Flail but will be more the case now than ever.

Nothing has changed except the American Empire is now in accelerated collapse. The climate disaster continues without regard for human political failures short of widespread nuclear war. That is…