> return to tribalism . counter to globalization. amazing new alliances. you and I both agreed zero interest rates were too high, as i said in your office. finding things on their way to collapse , was much easier than finding the next bargain

> This is a perfect example of what Naomi Klein calls "disaster capitalism."

Disaster capitalism only works if there’s enough law and order to preserve capital for those who acquire or control it. People who believe in ideas like the two mentioned in the email have experienced nothing but post-WW2 America-enforced global security, albeit relative amounts of it depending on how you are.

That security is not a constant guarantee, it is not a natural element of the world, it is not a force of physics that exists by itself. In a way, the post-WW2 order was crafted by centuries of both physical and mental toil. Undoing it will not bring the selective prosperity or success these people hope it will.

If you decide to be “enlightened”, you force your enemies to assume the same posture. If you decide otherwise, then what they do in return is fair game. Then very soon afterwards you find out there’s no such thing as sheltering from the aftermath of such events. Look at any societal collapse example in history, recent or otherwise.