The “Titanic” Analogy You Haven’t Heard: Passively Accepting Oblivion

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By Charles Hugh Smith

Whether we realize it or not, we’re responding with passive acceptance of oblivion.

October 19, 2020 “Information Clearing House” –You’ve undoubtedly heardrearranging the deck chairs on the Titanicas an analogy for the futility of approving policy tweaks to address systemic crises.I’ve used theTitanicas an analogy to explain the fragility of our financial system and the “glancing blow” of the pandemic:

Why Our Financial System Is Like the Titanic(March 15, 2016)

Coronavirus and the “Unsinkable” Titanic Analogy(January 29, 2020)

But there’s a powerful analogy you haven’t heard before.To understand the analogy, we first need to recap the tragedy’s basic set-up.

On April 14, 1912, the linerTitanic, considered unsinkable due to its watertight compartments, struck a glancing blow against a massive iceberg on that moonless, weirdly calm night.In the early hours of April 15…

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