Hi Steve > Hope you are enjoying the population growth and multi-culturalisation of > tiny Switzerland. From what I hear from other friends there, the > stresses on the schools, hospitals, police, etc are increasing all the time.
In Switzerland and other developed countries, the "population growth" is actually negative (only 1.48 children per woman/couple here), so the small increase in residents (less than 2%) is only due to massive immigration. This, and the other problems you mentioned, even the "financial meltdown", is not a natural development that "just happens", but an artificial process manufactured or accelerated by those who gain from the consequences. The bilateral treaties with the EU have made this more clear than ever. So the "coming cull" is avoidable. > I am not living in fear. I'm helping to prepare our son and his wife > (37, 38 yrs old) to have some independence IF systems break down in > rural New England. She is a medical doctor at an under served rural > clinic, so she'll get gasoline rations if that comes. He is a university > professor, but in Sound Engineering/Music Dept, so non-essential I > assume. They are lucky to have 3 hectares of forest and a small garden. > I will add a small orchard and a greenhouse. They also have a clean year > round brook/stream coming off a small, protected mountain. > > Can the 'world' be saved? Not as it is in my opinion. We are like too > many rats in a cage: they cannibalize each other. If this is so, what will protect your son and his wife from the "cannibals" when Armageddon hits and the have-nots will assault the 3 hectares of forest, the orchard and the greenhouse? > If you get to New England, Edith and I would gladly host you. It has > been a decade or so since you gave us a tour in Basel (I think) Thanks for your kind invitation, but the requirement of biometric passports has ruled out the chance of me setting foot on America. I'm not a terrrist but I resent being treated like one in the passport office and airports... Cheers from the canton with the lowest population density ;-) Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
