Dave Foulkes
@beyondsurvival.bsky.social
Civic Futurist. Obsessed with culture, economics & politics of the near future | Host of Real Time with Steve Keen & Friends | Author of BaSE aka Beyond a Survival Economy http://amzn.eu/d/2J8ulhI
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The Fifth Turning (2025–2034)
Or was it the sixth? I've lost track
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Everything, everywhere all at once
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Every month we hold a Zoom meeting to discuss David Graeber's work.
The next one will take place on March 6th. Professor Steve Keen will join us and speak!
You can register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The next one will take place on March 6th. Professor Steve Keen will join us and speak!
You can register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Every month we hold a Zoom meeting to discuss David Graeber's work.
The next one will take place on March 6th. Professor Steve Keen will join us and speak!
You can register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The next one will take place on March 6th. Professor Steve Keen will join us and speak!
You can register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We can manage problems or we can solve them.
If we stick to the environmental talking points, we’ll manage our way into oblivion.
We are not going to reduce carbon through lifestyle choices alone when more than 1/2 the world is living hand to mouth & the only way out for them is industrialisation.
If we stick to the environmental talking points, we’ll manage our way into oblivion.
We are not going to reduce carbon through lifestyle choices alone when more than 1/2 the world is living hand to mouth & the only way out for them is industrialisation.
The Dumbest Energy Crisis in History
OR: How we can't see the wood for the trees - on steroids.
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February 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We can manage problems or we can solve them.
If we stick to the environmental talking points, we’ll manage our way into oblivion.
We are not going to reduce carbon through lifestyle choices alone when more than 1/2 the world is living hand to mouth & the only way out for them is industrialisation.
If we stick to the environmental talking points, we’ll manage our way into oblivion.
We are not going to reduce carbon through lifestyle choices alone when more than 1/2 the world is living hand to mouth & the only way out for them is industrialisation.
“This is a perfect time to panic”
- Woody | Toy Story
- Woody | Toy Story
Dangerous as Hell
Elon Musk is a one-man British East India Company, but he's not colonizing India, and he's not colonizing Mars: He's colonizing us. He needs to be stopped.
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February 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“This is a perfect time to panic”
- Woody | Toy Story
- Woody | Toy Story
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"If we don't allow politicians to converse in a way that isn't reduced to simplicities, that leaves a vacuum of complexity filled by populists who sound like they are talking with substance"
A big win of the modern right has been to close the space in which nuance can even sit.
My culture piece 👇
A big win of the modern right has been to close the space in which nuance can even sit.
My culture piece 👇
Complexity Is Reality – But There’s No Possibility For It In Today’s Political Culture
One of the biggest triumphs of the modern political right has been to close the space in which nuance and ambiguity can even sit, writes Hardeep Matharu
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February 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"If we don't allow politicians to converse in a way that isn't reduced to simplicities, that leaves a vacuum of complexity filled by populists who sound like they are talking with substance"
A big win of the modern right has been to close the space in which nuance can even sit.
My culture piece 👇
A big win of the modern right has been to close the space in which nuance can even sit.
My culture piece 👇
Why be complex?
3 word slogans and rule by meme culture is convenient for everyone. Win-Win-Win-Win!
Wooooot!
3 word slogans and rule by meme culture is convenient for everyone. Win-Win-Win-Win!
Wooooot!
🔴 Complexity Is Reality – But There's No Possibility For It In Today's Political Culture
One of the biggest triumphs of the modern political right has been to close the space in which nuance & ambiguity can even sit, writes @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
A free preview from the March 2025 edition:
One of the biggest triumphs of the modern political right has been to close the space in which nuance & ambiguity can even sit, writes @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
A free preview from the March 2025 edition:
Complexity Is Reality – But There’s No Possibility For It In Today’s Political Culture
One of the biggest triumphs of the modern political right has been to close the space in which nuance and ambiguity can even sit, writes Hardeep Matharu
bylinetimes.com
February 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Why be complex?
3 word slogans and rule by meme culture is convenient for everyone. Win-Win-Win-Win!
Wooooot!
3 word slogans and rule by meme culture is convenient for everyone. Win-Win-Win-Win!
Wooooot!
A love story :)
An Ode To Bullshit Graphs
Econo-speak has long been used to mask political agendas.
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February 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A love story :)
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"No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable."
-Adam Smith
-Adam Smith
February 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
"No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable."
-Adam Smith
-Adam Smith
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when you've even lost the FT
Financial Times Editorial Board: "As well as vandalising the machinery of government, however, this supposed efficiency drive appears to be being used as cover to bolster the power of the executive branch to drive through its priorities and neuter opposition." www.ft.com/content/f766...
February 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
when you've even lost the FT
Arnie - if he came back from the future now:
Come With Me If You Want to Live Outside Technofeudalism
Or, you know, just carry on like nothing is happening.
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February 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Arnie - if he came back from the future now:
Major Chinese breakthrough - Chair doilies: new maximum width achieved
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China celebrates DeepSeek’s breakout AI success as tech race heats up | CNN
People across China have taken to social media to hail the success of its homegrown tech startup DeepSeek and its founder, after the company unveiled its newest artificial intelligence model, sending ...
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January 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Major Chinese breakthrough - Chair doilies: new maximum width achieved
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Monetary Policy: Who WINS, Who LOSES, and Why It MATTERS
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Monetary Policy: Who WINS, Who LOSES, and Why It MATTERS
YouTube video by Relearning Economics
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January 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Monetary Policy: Who WINS, Who LOSES, and Why It MATTERS
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Dear America (ok, more specifically, American social media users).
The UK is only remotely near civil war inside Musk’s head.
Take a break.
Breathe.
From Hemel Hempstead, UK which is not on fire. But let’s not talk about climate change.
The UK is only remotely near civil war inside Musk’s head.
Take a break.
Breathe.
From Hemel Hempstead, UK which is not on fire. But let’s not talk about climate change.
January 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Dear America (ok, more specifically, American social media users).
The UK is only remotely near civil war inside Musk’s head.
Take a break.
Breathe.
From Hemel Hempstead, UK which is not on fire. But let’s not talk about climate change.
The UK is only remotely near civil war inside Musk’s head.
Take a break.
Breathe.
From Hemel Hempstead, UK which is not on fire. But let’s not talk about climate change.
Reposted by Dave Foulkes
Thank you, USA Today.
Trump addresses my top issues: Renaming Gulf of Mexico and invading Greenland | Opinion
I voted for Trump because I wanted us to militarily overtake the largely inhospitable Danish territory of Greenland and rename the Gulf of Mexico.
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January 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Thank you, USA Today.
Let me know when we’ve reached peak Musk.
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January 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Let me know when we’ve reached peak Musk.
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"...like George Bailey, you’re being asked to save the system every five minutes. Every vote now is an existential one where you’re ‘saving democracy’. George Bailey was too busy worrying about the entire town collapsing to have a life.
Now, we all are."
Now, we all are."
It’s a Wonderful Life…But A Crappy Monetary System?
Frank Capra’s Classic Through an MMT Lens
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December 24, 2024 at 10:31 AM
"...like George Bailey, you’re being asked to save the system every five minutes. Every vote now is an existential one where you’re ‘saving democracy’. George Bailey was too busy worrying about the entire town collapsing to have a life.
Now, we all are."
Now, we all are."
Murdoch cleverly kept his power behind the scenes and with some plausible deniability.
Musk can't help himself so at least we know what he's thinking. He's a political child and he probably has no idea he's just whacked the orange hornet's nest.
Musk can't help himself so at least we know what he's thinking. He's a political child and he probably has no idea he's just whacked the orange hornet's nest.
It’s so funny that if Elon kept his mouth shut and wrote checks like the Adelsons, Trump would give him whatever he wanted like any other grifter, but because he’s like this we’re heading for the most obvious divorce since Britney and K-Fed bsky.app/profile/your...
Netanyahu: “You can’t be president of the US last time I checked, but assume you are.”
Elon Musk, interjected: “Not officially.”
Netanyahu responded: “Not officially. OK, so you’re the unofficial president.”
Elon Musk, interjected: “Not officially.”
Netanyahu responded: “Not officially. OK, so you’re the unofficial president.”
December 24, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Murdoch cleverly kept his power behind the scenes and with some plausible deniability.
Musk can't help himself so at least we know what he's thinking. He's a political child and he probably has no idea he's just whacked the orange hornet's nest.
Musk can't help himself so at least we know what he's thinking. He's a political child and he probably has no idea he's just whacked the orange hornet's nest.
"George Bailey’s sacrifice is genuinely inspirational - community, solidarity, and kindness can and should be celebrated. But the film’s underlying message is also problematic: that we must rely on morally exceptional individuals to hold back the forces of monopoly capital."
Still brilliant though!
Still brilliant though!
It’s a Wonderful Life…But A Crappy Monetary System?
Frank Capra’s Classic Through an MMT Lens
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December 23, 2024 at 11:01 AM
"George Bailey’s sacrifice is genuinely inspirational - community, solidarity, and kindness can and should be celebrated. But the film’s underlying message is also problematic: that we must rely on morally exceptional individuals to hold back the forces of monopoly capital."
Still brilliant though!
Still brilliant though!
Reposted by Dave Foulkes
Do the record debts of countries like the US, UK and Japan worry you? This video explores an alternative view #MMT
Inflation Unravelled: An MMT Perspective
Do the record debts of countries like the US, UK and Japan worry you? This video explores an alternative view that challenges doomsday predictions. For too l...
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December 21, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Do the record debts of countries like the US, UK and Japan worry you? This video explores an alternative view #MMT
If this is a taste of what’s to come Trump may need to choose sooner rather than later if he’s a populist or not.
www.marketwatch.com/story/elon-m...
www.marketwatch.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk’s government shutdown? What it means for TSA, IPOs and Social Security.
As U.S. lawmakers wrangle over spending legislation, here’s how some key government functions would be affected by a shutdown.
www.marketwatch.com
December 19, 2024 at 6:30 PM
If this is a taste of what’s to come Trump may need to choose sooner rather than later if he’s a populist or not.
www.marketwatch.com/story/elon-m...
www.marketwatch.com/story/elon-m...
I wish our species could live in facts as completely as it lives in fictions.
But if “we’ve got to live with the world as it is not how we’d like it to be” - here’s what it looks like in the mirror.
But if “we’ve got to live with the world as it is not how we’d like it to be” - here’s what it looks like in the mirror.
9 Competing Futures
Apocalypse Rebranded: The Narratives Slugging It Out To Control the Future
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December 19, 2024 at 8:41 AM
I wish our species could live in facts as completely as it lives in fictions.
But if “we’ve got to live with the world as it is not how we’d like it to be” - here’s what it looks like in the mirror.
But if “we’ve got to live with the world as it is not how we’d like it to be” - here’s what it looks like in the mirror.
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#SolarPanels
Whatever you say about #China - and there is a lot to criticise - they do get things done...
Whatever you say about #China - and there is a lot to criticise - they do get things done...
Fossil fuels are being 'eaten alive' by the solar rush www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Fossil fuels are being 'eaten alive' by the solar rush
Satellite imagery reveals the staggering rise of solar farms around the world in recent years. Can Australia get on board?
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December 18, 2024 at 7:00 AM
#SolarPanels
Whatever you say about #China - and there is a lot to criticise - they do get things done...
Whatever you say about #China - and there is a lot to criticise - they do get things done...
Marketing 101:
It's important to always introduce a problem that only you can solve.
Problems don't get much bigger than the apocalypse.
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It's important to always introduce a problem that only you can solve.
Problems don't get much bigger than the apocalypse.
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Marketing The Apocalypse
A Branding Guide to Armageddon
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December 17, 2024 at 6:38 AM
Marketing 101:
It's important to always introduce a problem that only you can solve.
Problems don't get much bigger than the apocalypse.
open.substack.com/pub/beyondsu...
It's important to always introduce a problem that only you can solve.
Problems don't get much bigger than the apocalypse.
open.substack.com/pub/beyondsu...