Days of Rage – Summer Volatility, Disclosure and Anxiety

The summer of 2017 in the Northern hemisphere is kicking in. For us Finns, midsummer equates slow news seasons mostly because people are spending their vacations from mid-June till the end of July. That surely doesn't mean that the world comes to a standstill. We have to stay alert. Just recently, the local security police (SUPO) has issued a heightened terror warning. This means that we have reached threat level two in four tier system. So far there has been no terror attacks. In a way, we are lucky to remain in the periphery of Europe, out of harms way; whereas central parts in Europe, such as London, Paris and Berlin will most likely have to endure the failure of the security state.

However the political whammies continue to drive us insane. This accounts indeed to the expected volatility of mental states and world view. The economy shows some upbeat, yet all the financial systems are manipulated that wealth can be sucked out of the working men and women at all stages. Once again the people have been misled. In Finland, the government played some of us like a fiddle and staged a fake splintering of one of the coalition parties in order to promote the pro-EU integration, spending and military union above sovereign rights. The new splinter started by calling themselves the New Alternative but soon changed its name to Blue Future, blue like the EU flag. It was a PR nightmare but fortunately people are asleep and plundering can continue until IEDs ravage the local capitals every week.

The EU has succeeded in integration terrorism part of Europeans daily lives. This doesn't mean that there was no terrorism before the EU when there was indeed a lot. Although, this time around, the fear and anxiety are starting to tear the people's trust to society apart. Add to that poor economic situation, and we'll have a mess on our hands. I hardly see a way out of this calamity. I feel it has to pay its due course and hubris needs to settle the score. We have to endure the scorn of indifference. Since many individuals will have hard time digesting the reality once it strikes them, I'm somewhat concerned about many poor souls who will figuratively eaten alive by the coming change. What about food, what electricity, water, money? Have you thought about it or has it always been a given in your life? Can we prevent the state of decay or can we accelerate the society's descent into looting lawlessness versus orderly anarchy?

We can indeed worry about it later once it happens. Our ability absorbs and absolve bad news will be tested soon. Some will no doubt find it a relief. I'm positive most of us can adapt quickly yet soon everybody is going to need an update of how the world works. Big masses will eventually find out new names and reliable sources for their information needs. New and old ideas will find new owners and users.

There will more twists and schemes ahead. It seems that the situation in Syria is once more growing more explosive as the US decided to attack the Syrian air corps. This incident did not delight the Russians who vowed to stop US helping IS. The situation in Mosul is desperate as civilians are held as human shields by the Daesh occupiers. Qatar debacle has been rerouted to long term freezing of relations as the Saudis make rearrangements in their own power structure. ISIS militants also cling to the Philippine city of Marawi in a geopolitical move to destabilize Duterte. Indonesia is facing similar scenarios. The Korean saber rattling will mostly likely continue although some pressure was relieved because the new South Korean president is pro-peace.

In Europe, terror attacks and violence will become everyday nuisance. It will remain a part of big city life. To tackle this threat, EU will develop more integration and boost military and intelligence cooperation. This will lead to loss privacy and other civil rights but won't stop terror since mass surveillance is inefficient and intel agencies work hand in had with extremists against the common enemy – the public.

In US, we can witness the disintegration of the political system. Nothing gets done. Police violence and counter-protestor riots will harm the public's trust in the system. Confrontations will continue as it will serve as political theater for the masses who'll rally their own against the wrongdoers. There will be many individuals who'll profit from this indignation and lack of civil manners on both sides of the political spectrum. More literal theater intervention to stop the figurative Trump assassination memes from spreading to corrupt further minds.

Let's cool our minds in the freezing Antarctica where something bigger than icebergs is about to shock the world. It's shock therapy time.