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Equality: A Beneficial Alternative to Collapse
Equality: A Beneficial Alternative to Collapse What future shall we choose? Equality or inequality? Deep democracy or more limited forms? Sustainability and wise stewardship of resources, or exploitation for profit? You have a good idea of where current systems are taking us. A viable alternative path exists, and that path is science based. InMarch 2018, Bloomberg […]
Scientists Warn the UN of Capitalism’s Imminent Demise
Scientists Warn the UN of Capitalism’s Imminent Demise A climate change-fueled switch away from fossil fuels means the worldwide economy will fundamentally need to change. Image: Shutterstock Capitalism as we know it is over. So suggests a new report commissioned by a group of scientists appointed by the UN Secretary-General. The main reason? We’re transitioning rapidly […]
Apocalypse, Or Not?
Apocalypse, Or Not? Members of the American libertarian movement, particularly extremist preppers, are often associated with a belief that a complete breakdown in society is the only outcome from government economic policies and will lead to complete social disintegration. At the centre of their concerns is monetary destruction, with other issues, such as the erosion […]
Watching America’s Collapse
Watching America’s Collapse Existence is running out for America In the 1950s and 1960s the United States was a vibrant society. Upward mobility was strong, and the middle class expanded. During the 1970s the internal contradiction in Keynesian demand management resulted in stagflation. Reagan’s supply-side economic policy cured that. With a sound economy under him, […]
Frank Kaminski reviews two peak oil documentaries from 2008
Frank Kaminski reviews two peak oil documentaries from 2008 BLIND SPOT: Peak Oil and the Coming Global Crisis A Documentary Directed, Written, Photographed, and Edited by Adolfo Doring–1 hour, 26 minutes and FUEL A Documentary Directed and Narrated by Josh Tickell–1 hour, 52 minutes These two documentaries on the world oil crisis came out in 2008, […]
The Engineered Collapse of Venezuela Was the Beginning of a War on the Free World
The Engineered Collapse of Venezuela Was the Beginning of a War on the Free World I have a certain degree of acceptance for some things. However, these last two weeks my ability to be surprised has been superseded. The price increase in everything and the difference between the salaries in Venezuela is something unbelievable. How […]
MIT Computer Model Predicts Dramatic Drop In Quality Of Life Around 2020 And The “End Of Civilization” Around 2040
MIT Computer Model Predicts Dramatic Drop In Quality Of Life Around 2020 And The “End Of Civilization” Around 2040 Is humanity approaching a major turning point? A computer model that was originally developed in 1973 by a group of scientists at MIT is warning that things are about to dramatically change. If the computer predictions […]
Talk Cold Turkey
Talk Cold Turkey Henri Matisse View of Nôtre Dame 1914 Recep Tayyip Erdogan became Prime Minister of Turkey in 2003. His AKP party had won a major election victory in 2002, but Erdogan was banned from political office until his predecessor Gül annulled the ban. Which he had gotten in 1997 for reciting an old […]
Analysts Warn We’re Running Out of Resources Needed to Sustain Life on Our Planet
Analysts Warn We’re Running Out of Resources Needed to Sustain Life on Our Planet Have you ever heard of Earth Overshoot Day? No? Neither had I. It’s the day each year that we use up the resources that can be renewed within that year. This year, it was on August 1st, so for the rest […]
New study on the collapse of Mayan civilization should be climate wake-up call
New study on the collapse of Mayan civilization should be climate wake-up call Under Trump’s policies, the megadrought that devastated the Mayans will become the new normal. MAYAN CIVILIZATION RUINS, QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO, FEBRUARY 2016. CREDIT: DEAGOSTINI/GETTY IMAGES A new study finds that it was a severe and long-lasting megadrought that destroyed the great Mayan […]
Eternity, nature, society and the absurd fantasies of the rich
Eternity, nature, society and the absurd fantasies of the rich Professor and author Douglas Rushkoff recently wrote about a group of wealthy individuals who paid him to answer questions about how to manage their lives after what they believe will be the collapse of society. He only knew at the time he was engaged that […]
The End of the Line – A Climate in Crisis
The End of the Line – A Climate in Crisis Train Wreck, Montparnasse, 1895 The world of academia is starting to pick up on the concept that humanity is unknowingly cruising on a train ride to doomsday, a surefire encounter with collapse of society based upon climate crises brought on by exponential climate change. The […]
“I’m Totally Freaked Out”: Brazil’s Elite Fleeing Bloodshed And Chaos
“I’m Totally Freaked Out”: Brazil’s Elite Fleeing Bloodshed And Chaos Amid the economic, political, and social collapse, Brazil has been described by many as being in the midst of a “zombie apocalypse” as years of corruption and violence spectacularly implodes all at once. Horrified by the out of control violence and pessimistic about the nation’s […]
Here’s How Systems (and Nations) Fail
Here’s How Systems (and Nations) Fail These embedded processes strip away autonomy, equating compliance with effectiveness even as the processes become increasingly counter-productive and wasteful. Would any sane person choose America’s broken healthcare system over a cheaper, more effective alternative? Let’s see: the current system costs twice as much per person as the healthcare systems […]
