When people are involuntarily thrust into and stuck between fucked and more-fucked... should either outcome be "celebrated?"
A quote i encountered in the wild a few times in the outback of the internets: "saying it's not okay to be unhappy while someone has it worse, is the same as saying it's not okay to be happy while someone has it better."
Ironically enough, i've encountered many people who seem to embrace both sides of that quote, as in: it's not okay for me to complain, ever, because someone, somewhere (likely many) has it worse... but it's also not okay for me to be satisfied with less, because others have more... MUCH more... but then that gets contradicted by all the insinuations and imposed expectations, that i'm supposed to be happy with whatever i get, whatever i can grab, whatever befalls me. There's too much bullshit "witticism" out there, masquerading as wisdom.
Just like i can't "know" a god exists or doesn't, i can't "know" whether chemtrails "actually are trails of chemicals being sprayed on us intentionally for some purpose." I Can, however, "know," that our government and its various octopi agencies, are indeed motivated and authorized to do things We The People would NOT knowingly grant them authorization to do... and not just to Us. They do what they will, and if no one can ever pin them down after catching them red handed, they will never admit, to Us, that they have done anything wrong, and further, will attempt to humiliate and discredit anyone who suggests otherwise. That is, until they actually get caught (like they did with all the stuff listed in that one thread i linked). But then they're only sorry for being caught. Meanwhile, they are STILL doing loads of "untold" damage, while never having been sufficiently punished for all the other shit we know because they finally admitted it.
IMO, it's the smarter and safer assumption, to simply Assume that the government and its various autonomous parts, ARE doing whatever bad thing anyone thinks the evidences suggest they might be doing. How many times will you allow someone to grievously betray you, before you adopt an attitude of permanent suspicion and perpetual scrutiny?
It may be unfair or woefully inaccurate to say "the government," as in the naming of the responsible parties as "the government," is the one "doing" all these things to us. Maybe we should figure out the specific agencies involved in each thing, because i'm pretty sure "the whole government" is not secretly and knowingly conspiring against us in hundreds of different ways. But the few elite and most important ones, surely know what's going on, at least well enough to be reasonably expected to know that they should not do what has been and is being done. But ALL of them act as if "that's the craziest thing i've ever heard!" Especially those who DO know what and why they shouldn't, but continue anyway.
Anyway, there's a lot i want to say, but i suppose i've become jaded and disinclined.
I'm not sure why you insinuated that "the multiplex nature of causality" "means nothing." It clearly does, and what i was alluding to, is that almost nothing is ever caused by One single factor, and the complexities of various causes, known and unknown, often Does result in something called "immeasurable consequence." It's called "immeasurable," because you cannot measure it. There are too many causes and factors converging, for any "regular person" to even approach a sufficient understanding.
Where do you think "chemtrails" would come from? That's right: Real People, doing Real Actions, affecting Other Real People (and plants and wild and/or domesticated animals)... and all because they "believe" that they should do whatever they're doing, whether it's rooted in individualism or imperialism, or any other combination of any number of incalculable things, which ultimately leads to people's chosen actions. I could say Nationalism is equivalent to Religion(ism). People are taught to worship their country like a God, and their "officials" like Saints. Some of us figure out that's not the right way to view the world, but many do not, and those are the "ours" i worry about. I think pretty much anyone who realizes how full of shit All Governments really are, will be pretty much okay, as far as understanding the world well enough. Life is way too short to waste it on the wrong tasks... but that's what most of us do!
And you're absolutely right: i am indeed full of blame and shame... because i think it's important to blame the right person for the shameful acts so many continue committing. Also, i'm ashamed of the way those who make the world what it is, have made the world what it is (and no, i'm not referring to the good people doing good things, who try like hell to counteract the insurmountable detriments needlessly created by the others).
Life is also too short for everyone to obtain and know all of the details of every event. For this reason, we should embrace a more heuristic approach, but fine-tuned in such a way that it almost never fails. We can apply logic and reason to almost anything, and obtain a typically equivalent answer, even without all the relevant facts. We can figure who is doing all the bad shit, and why to expect them to continue doing it. We don't even NEED "ALL" the facts. We only need the specifically damning ones; the rest is largely irrelevant, except when the details become important (example: knowing who to charge with what: who "gave authorization" versus who carried out the actions... i would prefer those asserting false authority and commissioning the atrocities, to be more severely punished than those who actually commit the acts commissioned, because it's likely those "just doing their job" felt some sense of duress, because that's how order-followers are trained... and a person who lacks empathy will likely not understand why they are being punished in the first place, which is another can of worms...)
As for AO... it is indeed "lurking in the back alleys." It's still in the soil, and Monsanto is still operating. They're even allowed to sue farmers whose crops were pollinated involuntarily by Monsanto (spreading their) shit! Makes me want to patent some type of destructive mold, inoculate Monsanto headquarters, and then sue their ass for breeding MY mold "product." Maybe spores could be delivered via "chemtrail?" Maybe That's what the "chemtrails" really are? Maybe it's Monsanto spraying pollen from planes, trying to infect as many non-monsanto crops as possible, in order to create a scenario where they can claim "all farmers are pirates, because they "stole" our patented genetics! (which we sprayed on them on purpose, but let's omit that part)")
