Don’t look up: a metaphor for today’s society

6 January 20222 years ago babelfish

I recommend everyone to see the film “Don't look up” because it is a perfect metaphor of today's society, which can be used with different interpretations.

It is an exaggerated and sci-fi film, but it offers food for thought on reality and stimulates critical thinking, with a great analogy with the health emergency we have been experiencing for two years.

An analogy certainly not wanted, given that the film was created in 2018-2019, and precisely because of the pandemic, shooting was postponed for several months, releasing the film only today.

So the plot was conceived well before the pandemic emergency, so the metaphor was conceived in reference to all the other global emergencies that we periodically face.

But let's go in order.

First of all we extrapolate from the film the salient steps that have an analogy with the management of emergencies on a global level, but described exactly as they took place in the film, summarizing the plot of the film that you can find on Wikipedia https: //it.wikipedia. org / wiki / Don% 27t_Look_Up .

The "meteorite" emergency

Two astronomers discover a large new comet that will hit Earth in six months, destroying all life on the planet.

The two go to the White House to warn about the catastrophe, but the President of the United States decides not to deal with it for electoral calculation, secreting the news.

Astronomers disobey by informing the population on television, one by exposing the problem in a cautious way, the other by telling the harsh truth but thus becoming the laughing stock of the web.

Out of mere political interest, the President of the United States decides to take care of the meteorite, giving the most cautious astronomer the role of reference scientist to reassure the population.

Initially, the solution identified is traditional, to hit and deflect the comet with nuclear bombs, saving the planet.

But the operation was canceled, however, preferring an innovative and technological solution proposed by a Big Tech company, with the collaboration of world-renowned Nobel prize-winning scientists.

The Big Tech company has developed this solution for the sole purpose of obtaining enormous financial benefits, without any rigorous scientific verification.

The world is now divided between those who would like the traditional solution that destroys the incoming comet, and those who instead unconditionally support the innovative and technological solution.

The mainstream, politics and official science launch the slogan " Don't look up ", which literally means " Don't look up ", even when the meteorite is now visible to the naked eye.

Blind faith in science and technology, even when it is not sufficiently tested.

I'll just let you imagine what the final outcome will be.

The "health" emergency

Scientists in China discover the existence of a very lethal virus and announce it to the world, claiming that it is very dangerous.

The news is initially belittled by politics for electoral calculation and in order not to alarm the population, by secreting the news.

When the news becomes evident and also arrives on television, the experts inform the population, some exposing the problem in a cautious way, others telling the harsh truth, but thus becoming the laughing stock of the web.

For mere political interest, politics decides to deal with the virus, giving the news that a vaccine is already being worked on that will solve the problem, to reassure the population.

Initially, the solution identified is of the traditional type, treating the sick immediately with existing drugs, even against the microthrombi highlighted after the first autopsies.

But treatments are banned in all ways, preferring the innovative and technological solution of the vaccine proposed by Big Pharm companies with the collaboration of world-renowned scientists.

Big Pharm companies have come up with this solution for the sole purpose of reaping huge financial benefits, without any rigorous scientific verification.

The world is now divided between those who would like the traditional solution that cures the disease immediately, and those who instead unconditionally support the innovative and technological solution of vaccines.

The mainstream, politics and official science launch the slogan " Don't dubt vax ", which literally means " Do not doubt the vaccine ", even when it has now proved ineffective and causes adverse events.

Blind faith in science and technology, even when it is not sufficiently tested.

I'll just let you imagine what the final outcome will be.

The "economic" emergency

Some economic experts after the financial crisis of subprime mortgages in 2007, discover the absurdity of an economic system where only finance and banks create money, and announce it to the world.

The news reaches politics, but initially experts and politicians downplay the problem, even the "austerity policies" are launched as the only solution to the economic crisis.

Experts who urge the printing of money for expansive policies in order to resolve the economic crisis are put to the shame, to privilege the increase of taxes, the cut of services and privatizations.

Experts try to inform the population on television, some by exposing the problem in a cautious way, others by telling the harsh truth, but thus becoming the laughing stock of the web.

Out of mere financial interest, politics calls upon the austerity experts to resolve the crisis, who convince the population that there will be a recovery, while only a recovery is coming for a ride.

Initially the solution identified is traditional, to create money to increase public spending, in order to grow the economy and trigger the recovery, saving the country.

But the operation was canceled, however, preferring an innovative solution proposed by the Central Bank, the creation of money only for the financial markets with Quantitative Easing.

Central Banks have developed this solution for the sole purpose of obtaining enormous financial benefits for a privileged few, without any rigorous economic verification.

The world is now divided between those who want the traditional solution that creates money to increase spending in the economy, and those who instead unconditionally support the innovative solution of QE.

The mainstream, politics and mainstream science launch the slogan “ Don't look money ”, which literally means “ Don't look at money ”, even when it is clear that money is created.

Blind faith in the economy and finance, even when it is clear that they do not work.

I'll just let you imagine what the final outcome will be.

The "environmental" emergency

Several scientists discover that the Earth is undergoing rapid climate change, and this could change the conditions of life on the planet.

Politicians became aware of this environmental problem, but initially decided not to deal with it for electoral calculations, secreting the news.

Scientists disobey by informing the population on television, some by exposing the problem in a cautious way, others by telling the harsh truth but thus becoming the laughing stock of the web.

Out of mere political interest, the President of the United States decides to deal with climate change, giving the most cautious scientists the task of reassuring the population.

Initially, the solution identified is traditional, the changes are natural and we can defend ourselves with local actions, supporting climate change on the planet.

But the operation was canceled, however, preferring an innovative and technological solution proposed by multinationals, with the collaboration of world-renowned Nobel prize-winning scientists.

Multinationals are developing very expensive solutions to reduce CO2 emissions with the sole aim of obtaining enormous financial benefits, without any rigorous scientific verification.

The world is now divided between those who would like the traditional solution that supports the climate changes that have always occurred on earth, and those who instead unconditionally support the innovative and technological solution of reducing CO2 emissions by man.

The mainstream, politics and official science are launching the slogan “ Don't look climate ”, which literally means “ Don't look at the climate ”, even when it is now clear that the temperature is dropping.

Blind faith in science and technology, even when it is not sufficiently tested.

I'll just let you imagine what the final outcome will be.

What can we do

The world is ruled by greed and stupidity.

Few people, already enormously rich, use their great financial power and their great technological means to limitlessly increase their control over the remaining 99% of humanity.

They have full faith in technology and finance, so they work out solutions for the sole purpose of exploiting the rest of the population, stealing more and more energy and work from them.

They use mainstream communication to invent new emergencies from scratch and convince us that only they have the innovative and technological solutions to get out of them.

In reality they are just systems to increase the wealth of a few people at the expense of everyone else.

These are the nonsense circulated in the new millennium:

We make the vaccine so as not to spread the virus and… “ Don't dubt vax ”;
We reduce the debt to favor the recovery and… “ Don't look money ”;
We reduce CO2 to avoid global warming and… “ Don't look climate ”.

These slogans have the sole objective of convincing us to “ Don't look reality ”, that is “ Don't look at reality ” even when the truth is emerging as evident to all.

History teaches us that we should never have " blind faith in science and technology ", especially when it is decided by finance, and not even have " blind faith in politics " when adopting solutions in favor of finance, especially in cases where these solutions do not have been sufficiently tested.

Stupidity and greed conditions the decisions of the financial aristocracy that rules the world, the one that Karl Marx described in his early writings on French 1848:

While the financial aristocracy makes the laws, directs the administration of the state, has all the organized public powers, dominates public opinion with facts and the press, the same prostitution spreads in all circles, the identical shameless fraud, the same eagerness to enrich oneself not with production, but by stealing the wealth of others that already exist .

In reality, compared to a century and a half ago, the situation has worsened considerably due to the size that the financial markets have reached and the influence they have with respect to the real economy and the policies of the states.

We have the task of looking at the reality of the facts to avoid the deceptions of the mainstream .

We must resist, unite and fight.

Because THEY won't give up easily, but WE WILL NEVER give up.

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