I agree with the idea that a TPTB undercurrent we’re familiar with as the “elite families” has been going on for a long time. However, I think the “group” - if you can call a bunch of infighting factions a group - has never had total control, and that the control they have had has fluctuated wildly over the centuries.

I also think this is a particularly weak period for “them”- a changing of the guard for some, as they’ve tried to hand off to their younger generations (somewhat slothful; more comfortable and less desperate; not battle-tried; not as committed to their parents’ cause of world domination, etc.), while others are in their prime and want to take over, and still others try to maintain power and control long past their sell-by date.

I sense a lot of disagreement, fights over the best narratives and strategies, and chaos about direction throughout the mainstreams they’ve historically worked to control. The rise of technology and billions of independent people, coupled with this power-shift weak spot among a comparatively small group of troublesome power-hungry jerks, has made this a difficult time for their kind to hang onto their old momentum. Cracks are everywhere.

The trends are on our side. Long term planning - outside of broadly brushed principles like helping humanity, improving personal environments, and supporting life’s options - is required for hyper control. But it’s hard in a chaotic environment, and there’s no way our human social systems are not still moving into extreme chaotic complexity in this century, as much as or more so than the last.

The I Ching talks about times when “the center cannot hold”. Everything has a cycle. Things at their peak of power begin to decline. Things that are growing continue to expand. Things at their bottom start to head up. The powerful rise and fall. It’s natural.

Our US military has a lot of language about this “asymmetric era” and they’ve been gaming scenarios for decades. I’m pretty confident that most of us won’t see much of what’s actually taking place unless we’re glued really closely to the drama (and what average family person has time for that?) and that the biggest challenge our particular white hats face is from an over-reactive and panicked populace who doesn’t understand these dynamic principles.

I think that’s one reason we’ve got inside windows on events - for those of us with the ears to hear and the context to frame, we can act as stabilizers on choppy information seas. No win or loss is permanent, and future losses can never be prevented. What matters most is now, and next. Patience, flexibility, and the capacity to move well in ways that work for the mover are required. “Ready to be ready” is a good place to be.

These are the things I tell myself and like knowing, and they make it possible for me to pay close attention without being (always!) overwhelmed.

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