Sliding Down Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: The Coming Years of Civil Rage
For anyone who does not know Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, according to Simply Psychology:
“There are five levels in Maslow’s pyramid. From the bottom of the hierarchy upwards, the needs are: physiological (food and clothing), safety (job security), love and belonging needs (friendship), esteem, and self-actualization.
Maslow asserted that so long as basic needs necessary for survival were met (e.g., food, water, shelter), higher-level needs (e.g., social needs) would begin to motivate behavior.” (Source: https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html)
We spend our lives trying to move up this pyramid. But what goes up must come down. That is the cycle. The West is clearly declining in the biggest “self-own” in history as stupid monetary and social policies are implemented and we continue to make badly thought out geopolitical moves in the wake of growing peer powers in China & Russia that hate us, and powers like Indian and Turkey who have their own interests and alignments.
At a macro level, it’s hard not to notice the startling decline of the West in every major city I go to in Europe, Canada and the USA. Crappy infrastructure especially the airports, a sense of gloom in the populace outside of places like New York and Silicon Valley (and these places have their own issues).
In most Western European capital cities I can’t help but see a lot of poor and somewhat aggressive young migrants from Africa and the Middle East who clearly have not assimilated at all. I’m in general pro immigration but what I am seeing in Europe and USA show there is too much of a good thing. No point bringing people in if you can’t support or afford them. It only leads to disappointment, then disillusionment and then anger from both residents and immigrants.
This is a signal of the cluelessness and self-destructive policies implemented by our incompetent politicians. Or worse, politicians who know these policies do not actually affect them as they are insulated in their secure estates and gated communities unlike the rest of the populace.
Growing inequality everywhere as the costs of living go up for most people, while the wealthy stack more assets. Extremistan is here. For those not numbed by alcohol, drugs, video games and Netflix, many people will notice they are sliding down the socio-economic ladder. Life will get tougher for most people. They will literally be sliding down Maslow’s Hierarchy into survival mode for food, water and shelter. Safety will definitely be gone as crime skyrockets from desperate people.
And there will be massive amounts of rage by the populace against the elites and institutions. This will only be counteracted by violent police and military suppression in some countries.
This is my forecast. I hope it does not happen but I’m seeing signs of this direction everywhere in the West. The natives are literally restless. It’s hard to read this. It was hard to write this.
So what is the point besides scaring you? Well it should be scary. And you should mentally prepared for this. It fits much of what I write and exhort people to do. So consider this a regular reminder of the basics.
Get healthy and physically fit. Learn to fight.
Get financially fit. Make WiFi money and have skills that are useful like online marketing, project management or knowing how to invest.
Have assets that are light and are considered hard like gold, BTC & ETH. Couple thousand dollars in USD wouldn’t hurt. Have assets in many different places, countries and jurisdictions like Singapore, Dubai or Switzerland.
If you live in the city, make sure you know your neighbors well and it’s good to have firearms that you know how to use. Couple thousand in ammo rounds are good. Make friends with military, local law enforcement, fire and safety people.
Probably not a bad idea to have a farm and some farmland that you can access
It is also helpful to have other citizenships in relatively stable, resource filled and secure places like New Zealand or Chile or Portugal.
Having a plan B and prepping can’t hurt. A wise person should always consider the possible scenarios and prepare for them. Don’t trust our elites or the authorities to get us out of the mess they put us in. Look at how they handled Covid as an example.
You have no control of what’s happening but you can control how you react to them. And most importantly you can control yourself. Take ownership of your future.