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The influence of climate change on human behavior

juliaan van acker, emeritus professor (www.ministrando.org)

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The influence of climate change on human behavior

Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus1

Resume

Climate change will force us to take radical political, economic and social
measures. The industrial production must be shut down substantially.
Society will be founded on volunteer work. Social cohesion will be
achieved thanks to the citizens who have a lasting bond with each other.
Spirituality will replace materialism and greed. Thanks to the acceptance
of a new sense of life, Europe and the Great Islamic Caliphate will become
the new world powers. The United States and Latin America fall into an
endless civil war. China and India will remain Third World countries for
centuries.

The natural life

Barely one hundred and twenty years ago, when my father was a child, there
was no electricity. Across the country drove no more than a few hundred cars.
Almost nobody had a telephone. Radio did not yet exist and television did not
even feature in the wildest visions of the future. People continued to live in the
neighborhood where their ancestors had lived. Only a few went on a journey.
Almost no one had traveled further than the nearest city. I never heard from
my father that people were unhappy at the time.

That is not so very long ago. I myself belong to the last generation that did not
grow up with television. I remember the winter evenings when we sat around

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the stove, while an old uncle talked about what he had experienced during the
First and Second World War. We could never get enough of those stories, even
though we had heard them countless times.

When the first televisions came on the market, TV sets were placed in shop
windows and on the street dozens of people followed what was on screen. In
this way people were motivated to buy a television. From then on everything
went very quickly. And it goes faster and faster. Who could have suspected in
the nineties that now everyone is staring at his smartphone everywhere and
always. Internet has opened a world for us that was previously unimaginable.
People can stay in touch with the rest of the world through social media.
People in the farthest corners of the world can be reached. In the past, social
life was limited to a small circle of family members and neighbors in the
neighborhood or village.

Not long ago, people lived happily in their own neighborhood or village. Family
life was intense. The food came from their own country and people ate what
was available per season. There was hardly any waste. The sky was pure, the
sky unspoiled blue and in the night we saw the stars.

The end of industry and pollution

Thanks to climate change we will rediscover natural life. People will change
their behavior drastically. The air pollution is so huge, the temperature
becomes unbearable in large parts of the world in certain seasons, hurricanes
rage with unprecedented force, one after the other tidal waves engulf coastal
areas, so that every country is forced to take the most radical measures.

The industrial production is substantially reduced. Land, sea and air

transportation is reduced to a minimum. There are no cars anymore. We will
live again like one hundred and twenty years ago. We do, however, ensure that
healthcare remains of the same quality as it is at the beginning of the 21st
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century. Education remains accessible to everyone. Internet continues to
function properly. The pharmaceutical industry is kept to a minimum. We are
satisfied with the medical options that we now have. Scientific research may no
longer be at the expense of nature. Space travel is being stopped.

The Mammon is no longer worshiped

Wealth and prosperity no longer make sense in these times. With money you
can no longer buy anything, except what is necessary for vital necessities. A
maximum income, including the income from real estate and from
investments, is set and accepted by everyone. There is a basic income for all
adults. This basic income is linked to voluntary work in the so-called ’Solidarity
Networks’. People in these networks work on a voluntary basis in, for example,
health care, care for the elderly, care for the disabled and student counseling.
Citizens can rely on this network for doing odd jobs around the house. Other
volunteers work in biodynamic agriculture, in nature and landscape protection
or in the care of the cultural heritage. Old landscapes are being restored.
Industrial grounds and highways are transformed into nature reserves. Art,
theater and other artistic activities are made possible thanks to the support
from the networks of solidarity.

After their training, all young women and men perform compulsory civil service
for two years. Those who have not completed any training can still follow
practical vocational training during their civil service. The conscripts are
employed by the army, police and customs. The restriction of transport makes
it virtually impossible to import drugs. At the borders, thanks to the large
number of customs officers, every person and every package is checked. The
police are present everywhere in sufficient numbers. Crime hardly gets another
chance, especially because social control has increased considerably; people
stay in their own social environment. Never before have citizens felt so secure.
Climate change is seen by many as a gift from God to lead humanity back to
the Garden of Eden.
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Political shifts

Stopping the industrial activities and transport has a major impact on

employment and social relations. In Europe, one coup follows after the other.
In view of the food shortages, the government is forced to implement a strict
policy. Only citizens whose ancestors lived in Europe in 1900 are entitled to a
basic income. They are given priority in all facilities.

The Muslims no longer feel at home in Europe and return en masse to the
countries of origin. Thanks to their arrival, the right measures are being taken
in those countries for food supplies, mutual solidarity and for the safety of
citizens.

The result of these developments is that two superpowers arise. On the one
hand, a white and Muslim-free Europe that is booming in the cultural field. On
the other hand, the Great Islamic Caliphate that finally brings peace, well-
being and prosperity to the Middle East. Both superpowers conclude a
friendship treaty with each other. This agreement lays the foundation for an
ethically inspired world politics. Europeans and Muslims work together to bring
peace, well-being and prosperity to black Africa.

Jerusalem becomes the spiritual capital for both world powers. In this holy city
Christianity, humanism, Islam and Judaism enter into an ongoing dialogue.
Jerusalem inspires the people all over the world in their search for wisdom and
contemplation.

A permanent civil war

As a result of the spread of firearms among the population, a permanent civil

war is starting in the United States, which later in history will be described as
the ’Hundred Years Civil War’. White Americans are migrating en masse to the
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continent of their ancestors, that is Europe that has now become Muslim-free.
South America is experiencing the same disastrous development and is
becoming the battlefield for a permanent war between criminal gangs.

Stagnation in the Far East

China and India remain Third World countries for hundreds of years. That is
because of a sharp drop in the birth rate, desertification, water shortages and
uncontrollable epidemics. The decline of China was already underway as a
result of robotization and automation, which made hundreds of millions of
people unemployed2 .

Conclusion

The fate of humanity will depend on an ethical revival. Peoples who have the
courage to put an end to materialism and the greed for money will lead
humanity into the new Garden of Eden. The 21st century then becomes the
century of spirituality.

PS The predictions in this article spontaneously occurred to me on the night of

27 to 28 June 2019. In those days, the temperature in France rose to 45.1
degrees Celsius or 113.18 degrees Fahrenheit.

© juliaan van acker (mail to: juliaan.vanacker@gmail.com )

2 China can escape this fate if radical political-economic measures are taken. Examples are the
seizure of bank credits, an equal basic income for everyone and an equitable distribution of what
is necessary for vital needs