Covid War Revue
I haven't written about the Covid War since March, 2022 but it's still very much in play.
Covid War, A Morbid Fable - 2022
Our tale of treachery begins within The Great Empire forged from the ruins of the Great War. At first, the Great Empire fostered commerce and innovation across the planet. Over time, corruption rose, debt grew and complacency settled in. Allies and enemies exploited the Empire’s debt and low morality to
Covid War as a replay of World War 2
BRIC Resources
A continuation of “A Morbid Fable”. Quick estimate of certain worldwide resources controlled by the BRIC coalition and assuming a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Look at the oligopoly pricing power as a percentage of world total. They control 1/2 of the world’s food supply, most of the microchip supply
BRICS Rebellion to US Control
The United States pursues a dual dysfunctional path. On one hand, there's the quasi-religious obsession with "cultural diversity" which is increasingly costly and divisive, promoted by a monopolistic mass media.
Then there's the financial opposite, imposing and weaponizing a dollar-based monoculture worldwide to maximize power at any cost, even nuclear war.
Parasocial Dos
Parasocial UnoPower Distribution law was part of LongTail theory in the early days of the Internet and my own Cultural Diffusion. “Parasocial relationships” are a modern transmutation of Power Law. What Is a Parasocial Relationship?Parasocial relationships are imagined relationships with celebrities and media characters. Learn how parasocial relationships develop
Financial Monoculture
Both paths have reached dysfunctional phases where the pendulum should swing back and probably will soon.
The Cultural Diffusion - 2004
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I published “The Cultural Diffusion” on my website in 2004. The Longtail
theory [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_tail] was a prominent idea then,
that the transition from monolithic, one-way communication systems to granular,
interactive systems would create small but profitable niche markets. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------
Cultural Diversity