[DesuMaiden]

I recently realized that it is undeniable that industrial civilization (IC) will collapse. So the Collapse of Industrial Civilization (CoIC) is inevitable. I also believe the CoIC will be accompanied by a die off, in which over 90% of the population perishes. It is more than obvious that the current inflated carrying capacity of this planet is sustained only by fossil fuels. And it is even more apparent from additional research online and through reading books that nothing will ever be able to replace the edifice build by fossil fuels. So when fossil fuels go away, so must industrial civilization go away, and so will the population bubble that was created by fossil fuels go away.

If you want to believe that IC is somehow sustainable without fossil fuels, you can believe that if you want, but I think you are just lying to yourself. Cornucopian world view is just wishful thinking like Christianity. It is basically a bunch of people lying to themselves that "everything will be great. Business as usual can continue indefinitely". Various whistleblowers like Michael Ruppert, Julian Darley, Colin Campbell, and Richard Heinberg have already proven, without a doubt, that business as usual cannot continue indefinitely.

If the mods on this site are pretentious enough to ban me for expressing my views, then that proves they are cowards that are unable to accept different opinions. I was once banned for "trolling" by one of the pretentious moderators on this site. I was just expressing my opinion that I honestly think most people don't deserve to live the CoIC. And I still maintain the view that most people don't deserve to survive the COiC simply because they don't have the right mentality to deal with the CoIC. Even if most people had the right mentality when dealing with CoIC, it wouldn't matter because mother nature is a cruel mistress, and she will wipe out the majority of the human population with impunity.

Besides, I don't need to argue that the Earth is already overpopulated. It is best to avoid having kids at all, or if you plan on having kids, just have one or two kids. It is a FACT that the world is overpopulated, yet conservative morons like to deny that the world is overpopulated. But I think it is mostly misinformed cornucopians that are denying the world is overpopulated. These cornucopians believe technology will solve our issues of resource depletion. But just a little bit of logical thinking will make you realize that it is impossible for technology to solve resource depletion. That's because technology cannot create resources out of thin air! Technology simply rechannels resources into productive work i.e. this computer I'm using is made of various metals and plastics. This computer simply couldn't exist without those natural resources (metals and fossil fuels). Inventing new technology will not solve our resource scarcity issue because the new technology will have to be reliant on ever scarcer resources. The only solution to the resource scarcity issue is to promote birth control, smaller families, voluntarily human population reduction and that's it.

You need to reduce the number of people on this planet, so that our demands for resources on this planet will be lower. We also need to recycle nonrenewable resources (like the various metals used to make computers and other electronics), and use renewable resources (like fish and wood) at a lower rate than their natural replenishment rate.

Most politicians are in denial of overpopulation, because they think we can solve the problem of overpopulation with more technology. But like I mentioned again, technology cannot be used to make resources out of thin air. And the problem we are facing is that every resource on this planet is peaking, close to peaking, or has already peaked. Peaking means the resource can no longer be extracted at a faster or greater rate, and after peaking the rate of extraction of the resource will decline. Most politicians are idiots who just want to be reelected, so they continue to lie to the public that business as usual can continue indefinitely. And most of the idiots out there will continue to elect idiotic politicians that say "business as usual can continue indefinitely". Only a handful of whistleblowers in government are sounding the alarm on the peak oil crisis that is only a few decades away at most.

I listen to these whistleblowers. I don't trust mainstream media because mainstream media wants to maintain the illusion that business as usual can continue indefinitely. As for what I'm going to do with my life, I am going to find a lucrative career that does not involve having a university degree because university to me is nothing more than a waste of time and money. I'm sick and tired of memorizing nonsense from my pretentious, two-bit professors. I might start my own business, or enter a lucrative trade. University is a total scam and waste of time to me.

As for the people I trust, I only trust whistleblowers like Richard Heinberg, Michael Ruppert, Matt Savinar, Matthew Simmons, and Colin Campbells. I have next to zero trust for mainstream media. I believe every terrorist attack is probably a false-flag operation aka the government did these terrorist attacks on its own citizens. I also believe child pornography and illegal drug websites (like Lolita City and Silk Road) are run by the government. I basically believe all illegal websites, like child porn and drug websites on Hidden Wiki, are run by the government. In fact, Hidden Wiki itself might be a government honeypot too. It should be illegal for government to run honeypot illegal websites because that would be considered entrapment. But the people in government are hypocrites, so they believe they are above the laws that they create. Therefore, they break the very laws they create. These makes the government a blatantly hypocritical and untrustworthy entity.

I, overall, believe the government is up to no good, and never up to any good. The government is nothing more than entity by which a few rich people try to enslave the masses. The 1% try to enslave the 99%. That's how it has always been throughout history.

Overall, I'm a doomer and a conspiracy theorist. I don't trust the government, and I only trust whistleblowers who say things the mainstream media doesn't want you to know about. My world views are very similar to that of Michael Ruppert, and I'm following his foot steps. I want to become the next Michael Ruppert.

[onlooker]

Hey Desu much of what you say rings true to me also. I am 53, so I think I have learned much in the span of my life. I wish you well in all your future plans. One bit of advice though is forgo any conflicts with other members and Mods. This is a great site so let us all try and keep it this way.

[DesuMaiden]

Hey Desu much of what you say rings true to me also. I am 53, so I think I have learned much in the span of my life. I wish you well in all your future plans. One bit of advice though is forgo any conflicts with other members and Mods. This is a great site so let us all try and keep it this way.

Well, I used to be a troll when I was younger, but these days I've matured enough that I don't want to ever troll anymore. I used to cyberbully people when I was younger, but these days I'm mature enough that I can usually avoid cyberbullying people.

Even though I believe that Industrial Civilization is going to soon collapse, I still have a positive life. I'm trying to move to a house in the country side where I can start my own permaculture gardens. Surviving peak oil will not be easy, and I'm afraid most people will realize it until it's already too late.

[SeaGypsy]

Why don't you try running one thread properly for a whole conversation?

[DesuMaiden]

Why don't you try running one thread properly for a whole conversation?

I don't think there is anything wrong with talking about multiple things in one thread.

[davep]

Look up the word "pretentious". And there's really no need to start a new thread with each thought that passes your way. The two of yours most recently posted on are "Why I stopped being a doomer" and "Why I'm still a doomer and conspiracy theorist". It's almost as if you need the attention.

And you know that mod disrespect is against the code of conduct here, so it's almost as if you need the mod attention too so you can cry about it afterwards.

[DesuMaiden]

Look up the word "pretentious". And there's really no need to start a new thread with each thought that passes your way. The two of yours most recently posted on are "Why I stopped being a doomer" and "Why I'm still a doomer and conspiracy theorist". It's almost as if you need the attention.

And you know that mod disrespect is against the code of conduct here, so it's almost as if you need the mod attention too so you can cry about it afterwards.

I've been on enough forums to realize that moderators of ALL forums are pretentious beyond all imagination. I've been banned on many forums before, and it was always because I had an opinion the moderators don't like. The moderators are hypocrites because they pretend to promote free speech, but in actuality, they only allow comments that agree with their opinions. Any comments that deviate from their opinions they would consider hate speech, and then ban people for saying things that disagree with their opinions. If you think people are obligated to respect moderators, that is a joke. Most moderators are nothing more than pretentious, self-centered, egotistic fools who will ban you the moment you express any opinion they don't like. They are bigoted, control-freaks who think any opinion they don't like they will censor, and ban people for having opinions they don't like. That's a fact. And you aren't allowed to say this on Wikipedia because there is no citation for this. But I don't need any citations for this because every time I've been banned it is because I said something the mods didn't like. The mods are really just a bunch of pretentious, megalomaniac control-freaks who want everyone to have the same opinion as theirs'. And I ignore whatever nonsense mods tell me because they just want to control your thoughts and make sure no one says anything they don't like.

[Pops]

Not sure what makes people act this way, is it the anonymity?

D really is a good writer, boiled down a lot of what people first experience when exposed to the idea of limits. Couldn't grasp the idea of limits on a message board tho, LoL

Oh well, I said in the back room way back that he may wind up being the PO prophet. He won't do it posting on a message board so we've given him a little incentive to go out there and Ruppertize!

[davep]

Look up the word "pretentious". And there's really no need to start a new thread with each thought that passes your way. The two of yours most recently posted on are "Why I stopped being a doomer" and "Why I'm still a doomer and conspiracy theorist". It's almost as if you need the attention.

And you know that mod disrespect is against the code of conduct here, so it's almost as if you need the mod attention too so you can cry about it afterwards.

I've been on enough forums to realize that moderators of ALL forums are pretentious beyond all imagination. I've been banned on many forums before, and it was always because I had an opinion the moderators don't like. The moderators are hypocrites because they pretend to promote free speech, but in actuality, they only allow comments that agree with their opinions. Any comments that deviate from their opinions they would consider hate speech, and then ban people for saying things that disagree with their opinions. If you think people are obligated to respect moderators, that is a joke. Most moderators are nothing more than pretentious, self-centered, egotistic fools who will ban you the moment you express any opinion they don't like. They are bigoted, control-freaks who think any opinion they don't like they will censor, and ban people for having opinions they don't like. That's a fact. And you aren't allowed to say this on Wikipedia because there is no citation for this. But I don't need any citations for this because every time I've been banned it is because I said something the mods didn't like. The mods are really just a bunch of pretentious, megalomaniac control-freaks who want everyone to have the same opinion as theirs'. And I ignore whatever nonsense mods tell me because they just want to control your thoughts and make sure no one says anything they don't like.

You haven't been banned yet, despite your best attempts to wind up the moderators. So it's a bit premature to be calling us hypocrites and pretentious when you're still allowed to post. We don't have a problem with your opinions (which have been expressed by many here) but we do have a problem with your attitude whereby you appear to be looking for a fight with the mods. If that's what you want, we can oblige toot sweet.

[dinopello]

I've said it before but I'll say it again. I'd like to see a dungeon sub-forum, similar to the old hall of flames but one where certain posters can be banished to for a period of time or forever. They can post there all they want (but nowhere else) and we have the opportunity to check in there from time to time to see what they are spewing on about. Maybe they can get out early for good behavior. Or, does this not promote the seriousness we are looking for ?

[SeaGypsy]

Personally I think the mods get it pretty right, with minimal bannings aside from spammers.

What is missing in Desu's form around here/

A traceable flow or train of thought.

A meaningful engagement in discussion.

An actual evolution in thinking processes.

Most people take the time to research at least to a basic level of comprehension before becoming prolific posters, on any forum on any topic site. The contortions going in for Desu are painful even from here.

[onlooker]

I find this site so good because I do not detect any agenda here or any partisan activity on the part of the administration - Mods. Goodness we know how much MSM is a tool of the powers that be. So it is refreshing to go somewhere where one can freely speak one's mind. In reference to Desu, lets cut him some slack, I do think he sounds confused some times but the jist of many of his arguments, I think are quite lucid and solid. I much prefer Desu then posters who argue what I consider nonsense, like for example that climate change is not happening or a hoax.

[SeaGypsy]

Actually in this context I would prefer to debate a 'denier', at least they know their position. At least they actually attempt to debate. Desu doesn't have a clue who's team he is on regarding any key topic here. He flip flops on himself & on us midstream. I do suspect the young man needs real world help, but having a red button do not touch list like his & trying to locate the right therapist would be a challenge for anyone. However the universe does help those who help themselves.