An article, published in Itaeolian, about the so-called "Doomer Optimists, for the Contrabanda monthly column of Blow Up Magazine. You bet.
In Story, Wyoming (population 983; a seven hour. NNW drive from Denver), “The Wagon Box Inn” hosted its second annual “retreat” — or seminar of sorts — called “The Machine and (Human) Nature.” The news site TheFP.com described the attendees at the “open mic” of this remote inn in the Rocky Mountains:
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The moment, in short, is confusing for some people. And for other folks, it is messy… on purpose.
Like the aforementioned Tucker Max (known for a book called, erm, “I hope they serve beer in hell”) who joins the chorus of naysayers, declaring himself the victim of a “memetic war.” Certainly, as the “Wagon Box Inn” demonstrates, something is casting us into groups following innovative criteria.
This is happening synchronically at the same time the destruction of postulates that governed Europe's democratic values. Like private property (now we rent), work (many just... hang around), and pension (none - like in the US!) and privacy (LOL.) Basically, guys, we are in revolutionary times. Willingly or not. Sighted or blind. The only question is what to do.
Tucker Max has his recipe: “
I think we’re facing a systemic shift in our civilization, and that chaos that comes from it can’t be fought. It can only be dampened. And then accelerated once we’re through the bad parts.”
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Published (still on paper!) on BlowUp magazine's November 2024 issue.