Just a thought. It's a fact that in the last couple of years immigration to wealthy western countries like Germany, Sweden or France increased greatly, and caused much stress among native populations. Some say it's just refugees, who are welcome. Some say they are terrorists, and we don't want them here.

Some say that all those people (that's the most neutral description, no?) are here for a reason.

Some say that they were lured to Europe in order to destabilize western countries and pave the way for chaos, destruction, and New World Order to be built on the ruins of the world. Usually the person accused of such evil machinations is Mr Soros. Well. He does seem like a despicable little gnome, and from what we hear he is full of nefarious ideas, plus with all his money he is one of the villains. He is, isn't he? But can one person, or even a team of evil geniuses, be responsible for that mass migration we are witnessing? Remember, the fact is that it definitely seems well coordinated, organized, purposeful, orchestrated. If a small group of men is able of producing chaos of thee proportions, what chance do we have? Should we not just accept our fate of slaves? Should we now welcome our evil overlords and let them take they well deserved place on the thrones of the world, because they are clearly superior?

But on the other hand maybe we give them too much credit for what is going on. I was vacuuming my house today, and naturally mind tends to wander in such circumstances, and I thought about how we think about those evil man and how much evil they can do (and, in fact, do), and how we see the world as a result of all those conspiracies and machinations, and yet, instead of powerful diabolical empire what we have is nasty chaos where politicians are like drunk children lost in the fog, banksters have no control or understanding over monstrosities  they create, and no one seems to rule. That creates suspicion that we are just too uninformed. We naturally need to world to be explainable - not necessarily understandable, but at least we want to know that there is some explanation, and in the absence of explanation we indulge thoughts of satanic conspiracies secretly plotting the fate of the world above our heads, and we await the moment of revelation, we await apocalypse. Quoting wiki:

An apocalypse (Ancient Greek: ἀποκάλυψις  apokálypsis, from ἀπό and καλύπτω, literally meaning "an uncovering") is  a disclosure of knowledge or revelation.

What if we already had the apocalypse and didn't notice? What if Mr Soros is not going to be Emperor of the Galaxy of Evil? I for one would be grateful, because the very thought of him of all people sitting on the throne of darkness is just repugnant. If he was a great evil overlord than at least there would be some dignity in serving him, but... But all the old, nasty rich people who are suspected of manipulating the strings of this world are simply awful, and rebelling against them is not only a matter of our simple desire for freedom, but of aesthetics too. If I was to serve, I would have to have a really great master, like top daemon from the deepest, most fiery pit of hell, not the pitiful little yellow Minions we have on this planet. You see what kind of thoughts vacuuming brings to mind? :)

But anyway, the great migration crisis. Imagine millions of people living in terrible conditions, on a land exploited by foreigners for centuries. And in the last couple of years - communication. Internet. Phones. Pictures from countries where you have plenty of water, food, everything. A paradise. It never needed to be a conspiracy. It's not a plot. There was no plan. Politicians have no idea what to say or do about the situation, they are as surprised as all of us. I bet the secret societies are surprised as hell too, and a bit scared probably too (or maybe not, they do have means to stay secure and cozy whatever happens).

All it took was information threshold to be reached and the first person in the village to pack up and just start walking. Oh, having Syria destroyed was unleashing yet another avalanche...

What we are witnessing is a fractal unfolding. When you look at it like that, it becomes obvious. It's that simple. No one told them to get up and go, no one plotted and planned. Occam's Razor says there was no conspiracy involved.

But, you might ask, why now? Because increased destabilization of Africa and Middle East, Balkans, etc, met with increase in available information on what the paradise looks like and how to get there. But... why Europe? And where else? They can't cross Atlantic in those little boats, they can barely cross Mediterranean Sea... But it seems to be so well organized, don't you think? Oh yes. And if it was human-made, manually orchestrated migration, I would admire the skills of the organizer, but it is pure organic, emergent, self-organized thing.

And that's great news.

That's great news, because it shows just how effective and swift can self-organized movements be. Once necessary conditions are met - free information being one of the primary factors, then vision, then time and resources - and  there is no limit to what humanity can achieve.

If millions of people with virtually no resources and no plan can just get up and go and reach their destination, then ask yourself, how far are the stars, really? When we just get up and go, they will be much closer than we now think.