In the interests of playing devils advocate with myself, I’m positing a case of Catastrophic Disclosure, I haven’t fully sold myself yet but here’s the argument:
What is the catastrophe? Its supposedly that the rapid release of the truth of the phenomenon will be detrimental to the economy and the current power structures be they societal or religious or cultural.
There are two aspects to a catastrophe: the immediate impact and the lasting effects.
So the question is what is the immediate impact and lasting effects of full and rapid disclosure vs delayed disclosure.
The Possible Scenarios
There are three scenarios I see unfolding:
Full Rapid “catastrophic” disclosure via the 40+ whistleblowers waiting in the wings. Delayed limited disclosure via the Schumer amendment framework False disclosure via the Schumer amendment framework where a false partial truth is released and the rest remains hidden as the framework is subverted by vested interests
If scenario 3 comes to pass if will result in scenario 1 eventually so 3 is merely a temporary stall on “catastrophic” disclosure.
In all scenarios the lasting impact will be the same:
Economy
The impact of either existing free energy or possibility of it being imminently possible with further research of NHI craft The impact of huge advances in major areas of science which may result in manipulation of materials akin to true nanotech in which the value proposition of most materials goes out the window, and peoples need to “work for a living” is greatly reduced (throw some soil in a matter printer and get your dinner)
Both of these would cause a collapse of the debt/banking system, and capitalism as we know it, would most likely be over.
Societal Power Structure Impacts
Governments of political states will find it difficult to maintain control of their populace given the economic changes. Governments of the US and any other states that maintained the truth embargo may face a lack of confidence in their authority when the full truth of their crimes are unveiled. The ability to project military strength may be diminished if the advances of science become widespread and open (gravity weapons for all), or if NHI’s intervene publicly or the inability to belligerently use nuclear warheads without NHI interdiction becomes widely known.
Religious/Cultural Impacts
I think this will be the least impact, people will get new info and either reject it or integrate it with the current worldview. If anything the net impact might be positive and a sense of planetary unity may actually emerge.
Its Inevitable
All of the impacts will ultimately occur regardless of the disclosure scenario chosen. The only valid question is does a delay prevent harm to people during a possibly chaotic transition to the new reality. This is a valid concern but it has to be played against those suffering under the current reality: people dying in countless resource wars, the vast working poor scraping a living in resource constrained debt based system, people dying of treatable maladies that rapid advances in science may cure.
The only positives to delayed disclosure is that it gives the forces of control, the security state, the banking systems, global capital, the chance to adapt and transition their current power to new modes if at all possible.
Conclusion
So if you are concerned about maintaining the current powers structures then sure, controlled limited disclosure is the way to go to have a fighting chance of maintaining them.
If however your are a member of the other 99% of the planet and you also find the current systems of power and control abhorrent and anti-human, the only catastrophe you need to care about is the security state delaying the inevitable.
The only counter argument to all this is if we are in fact in some sort of dark forest /evil alien scenario, in which case we are all screwed regardless 😉
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