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One of the signs that one sees, that reveals the widely interlinked collapse, is the increasing impossibility for governments to balance their budget while financial costs skyrocket and the physical economy that provides the tax base, shrinks and sheds a great many of its productive workers, shifting the social service demands onto the governments.
The governmental budget crisis.
Since such a crisis no doubt exists in virtually every nation on the planet, and is visibly connected with the forces that drive the global financial and economic collapse. An exploration into this crisis appears useful for what it can tell us about the dynamics of the collapse before the collapse occurs. By an understanding of these dynamics, it may be possible to establish a new commitment by which the disintegration of the currently collapsing systems may be forestalled.
Science and public policy.
The question arises: What role should an individual play in response to the public budget crisis for which social structures are eliminated, hospitals are closed, education is scaled back, national infrastructures are sold off for cash?
The above question is not easily answered. The obvious answer is that any such involvement necessarily includes discovering a whole new dimension of looking at the scene than the dimension in which the problem was created. The demand is, literally, for the individual of the public to become a scientist in the search for truth. The demand for this is imperative. The scope of the collapse in progress is so vast that no one is exempt from its effect. It becomes each individual's responsibility, therefore, to contribute to the healing of society for his or her own protection. This responsibility, in turn, requires of all an accurate scientific understanding of the processes that have brought us to the current impasse that is generally known as the budget crisis.
The demand on the individual, therefore, is a demand to be more accurate than the politicians are, who run the country; to understand better the underlying principles; to see deeper; to recognize more keenly the subtle traps that endanger the society's welfare, its security, even its very existence. It becomes imperative towards this end to understand the nature of the threats that society is facing and the principles they violate. All this is necessary in order that the deficiencies may be dealt with that exist. In other words, the society must gain a clear perception of what the problem is. This step is primary in order for the public to gain a clear perception of what the solution of the crisis must be.
It is no longer sufficient, in light of the complexities and the exposures involved, to blindly vote for a government leader, and, then, sit back and hope for the best. The tragedy that mankind is facing is severe, and is a global one. The unfolding reality is not a partisan problem that a partisan solution would address, or that a different party might address better. In most cases the partisan solutions are counter productive, as they all, with variations, employ the same axioms that are responsible for the problem in the first place. The crisis that is unfolding is a fundamental problem that requires deep seated conceptual shifts to be made. The status quo is dead, and the question should not be lightly answered as to where we go from here.
The task that the scientist of society faces today is not a simple one. It involves grave responsibilities that leave little room for error. The price for error at this stage comes with a high price attached. While there has always been a price to pay for errors made, the effects of the errors have been far less immediate in the past when life was good, when the economies were strong, when unemployment and homelessness was virtually non-existent, before financial debt became a monster. Unfortunately, those days are gone.
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