The physical residuals of petrol and its accompaniments are undeniable and ubiquitous. The poisonous deluge and the thorough destruction of Earth's fragile ecology is the most impending consequence of the petrolithic era. Sickening pollution is the most blatant consequence and global warming the most dooming.
Global war fueled by petrol is the most abrasive and obvious example of having the fuel to do what is possible and not proceeding with what is practical. With unlimited fuel, vast poisons and constant war arrive. Petrol enables overdevelopment. Petrol also allows for reckless war. Total destruction and annihilation has become easy.
Quicker construction, faster transportation, accelerated exchange of money and of goods and services, overall accelerated development, exchange of information, and increased destruction of physicality all result from the fast pace of the petrolithic era. Vehicles are capable of tremendous velocity, delivering people and resources far and wide, while information zaps practically instantly.
With the advent of the World Wide Web, the speed at which information is distributed is limited mainly by the rate at which one can consume it. Everything glides forward at an ever-increasing pace, physically and mentally. Change is constant, slow like an old mule drawn to green fields and also, in increasing frequency, swift and sudden like a stampede of stallions.
Without oil, institutions and individuals would not have instigated many undertakings, both benevolent and malevolent. The two world wars would have been local and minor without petrol. Certainly they would have been less destructive and maybe they would not have happened at all.
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor because the U.S.A. stopped oil shipments to Japan. Petrol fueled and reasoned WWI and WWII. The petrolithic era is toxic, instigated by earthly chemical poisons. It is a mechanized, institutionalized and chaotic structure that provides for war. WWII ended in Europe only when the Nazi war machines ran out of fuel. Their synthetic fuel facility was destroyed and they failed at attempts to conquer and pillage more oil; finally their tanks stalled. The allies bombed Germany's fuel depots and prevented the Nazis from acquiring more fuel.
People cast our ancestors as barbarians and yet, it was only in the 21st century that bombing cities became possible, then acceptable. After WWII, most European cities were ruins. After WWII, two super powers emerged and another war began, the Cold War. Troublesome Germany was split in two. The USSR represented the east side of Germany and the U.S.A. represented the west.
Within this time is another epoch, the information age. The information age is completely man-made and oriented. Often information is not actual, existent solely in people's minds as reflections of reality or reflections of thoughts. Today, information may exist only in electrical format, but move as fast as light and be relevant and concrete as a hefty book on the most immediate matter.
SYMBOL -- SWASTIKA
The swastika symbol is used by cultures all around the world, from Hindu to Hopi. It is a form of the cross. It symbolizes peaceful tidings and happy travels across the Earth. The Nazis flipped its meaning; their swastika went the other way. Instead of peaceful, carefree travels, their swastika meant violent travels with intent to monopolize the world.
Today, secrets, science, news, events, paradigms and bullshit are all circulated via multimedia machines. Today it is possible that anyone, not just those in elite institutions, can be among the most informed people in world history. In the past, information was strictly distributed to only a few, if shared at all. Today, there is a vast amount of information available; however some pertinent information is restricted, and a lot of less-pertinent information is distributed. Many people who want to know relevant information might not be permitted access to it. Many more people don't want more information pertinent to their conditions or may believe they know all they need to know.
The premise of the Cold War was one of information, a war in which direct conflict between the nuclear nations would be apocalyptic. There were proxy wars, stealthy battles, communistic versus democratic wars the world over; yet directly, between the two nuclear nations, it was a battle of information. Both super powers fought armies that had support from the other in some way, but never fought each other directly. The Cold War was a war fought with information and disinformation.
The Cold War was fought with secret files, secret weapons, covert manipulation, lies and spies. Information is power and in the Cold War, it was the main weapon. It was a space race, an arms race, and a race to convince people and to capture their hearts and minds. Secrets could make or break battles of information. The information age began at the advent of the Cold War when the power of information, and at times just information, was the main device of war.
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