^So these Black Swans are the result of 30 years investment in rightwing think tanks in the USA & UK, US religious organisations
and of course into psyops to steer public attitudes and finally to inflame them when the time was right - now.^
Thats the thinking really, yes.
One consistent through that actually is Putin. If you follow his career from KGB to FSB to PM to President he was actively involved in and had specialist expert skills personally in Psy-Ops (recognition abilities and recognition of importance of propaganda in a way that British PM's certainly didn't have. Compare with the total lack of self awareness and in touch Ness of Cameron).
And whilst the West celebrated their victories in the spread of liberalism, Putin being an authoritarian had one thing in his favour they didn't. Time. He could afford to sit back and be patient and cultivate a long term disruptive strategy and develop mutually beneficial allegiances with other international oligarchs.
The West meanwhile has lurched from leader to leader and various crisis sparked by being over zealous foreign policy, with poor after thought and planning.
There was massive hypocrisy and then came economic problems (again due to a lack of foresight and planning)
The mismanagement of Western democracy and the rise of personality politics over policy has been a huge contributer.
Blair certainly did start a lot of the rot and he was very much the first of the popularist PM's.
Our electoral system and the USs electoral system make us particularly vulnerable because of their two party nature. France and Germany (and other Western nations) have been a little more immune because of that, and because of their history and being less economically divided between rich and poor.
The US and UK have been sitting ducks, because we have not nurtured our understanding of liberalism and democracy well, as we've polarised between the two parties - Brexit cut through that even more and split the parties in terms of world view along authoritarian and liberalism lines.
Yes a long time in the works, with American and Russian Oligarch interests intersecting in dividing up the spoils of Europe and the UK into spheres of influence and economic goldmine to feast on as disaster capitalists rather than allowing the EU to flourish as a rival block in its own right.
Authoritarianism and Neo-Liberalism merge.
The result creates an economic hardship which is the ideal breeding ground for fascism itself.
Fascists believe that liberal democracy is obsolete and regard the complete mobilization of society under a totalitarian one-party state as necessary to prepare a nation for armed conflict and to respond effectively to economic difficulties. Such a state is led by a strong leader—such as a dictator and a martial government composed of the members of the governing fascist party—to forge national unity and maintain a stable and orderly society. Fascism rejects assertions that violence is automatically negative in nature and views political violence, war and imperialism as means that can achieve national rejuvenation. Fascists advocate a mixed economy, with the principal goal of achieving autarky (national economic self-sufficiency) through protectionist and interventionist economic policies.
Read and put into context with what Cummings and Johnson are saying at the moment. Even if they themselves are not fascist they are building a climate where those views are likely to breed.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism is worth a read about conflicting views on the definition of fascism.
Particularly this point:
John Lukacs argues that there is no such thing as generic fascism. He claims that National Socialism and communism are essentially manifestations of popularism
Which brings me back to Putin and how he was a communist in the USSR who switched to the far right. And the ties between the far left and far right in this country.
There's a bit on the wiki about Putin which is bolded and is perhaps also significant
After Putin resumed the presidency in 2012, his rule is best described as “manual management” as the Russians like to put it. Putin does whatever he wants, with little consideration to the consequences with one important caveat. During the Russian financial crash of August 1998, Putin learned that financial crises are politically destabilizing and must be avoided at all costs. Therefore, he cares about financial stability.
So a full ten years before the 2008 crash he has this lesson that the West failed to comprehend and insulate themselves.
So no, I don't believe there is pure luck here. Brexit certainly presented an ideal opportunity for the trans national oligarchs to exploit. That's Americans, Russians and beyond (note the cosy Saudi relations with UK and Trump in particular).
I don't think it can be blamed on Putin all this said. Its been a deliberate fostering of common interest and pure greed that's come together.
Sigh.
Personally this is what scares me, because how do we as a nation break free of that now, with our social fractures as they are.
The threat isn't just Johnson. And it's certainly wrong to characterise it as him and Cummings alone. Not do I think it is just Farage stood behind waiting as an alternative.
It's like we are at a point where the tension is so high we are just waiting for the glass to shatter for all hell to break loose.
One of my friends posted on FB about the possibility of civil war a couple of days ago and how it was no longer about Brexit but about democracy itself.
I have no idea if he reads here or not. Its possible knowing him.
If he doesn't the fact its not just me here saying it, but a sweeping feeling amongst others more widely both gives me hope and absolutely terrifies me.
It's been a long time coming for people to start to realise the danger. Is it too late?
. Just because I can.
But they are good birders and mousers 
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