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The Core
The Core Jerome Liebling May Day Union Square Park New York City 1948Dr. D. peels the American political onion to get down to what it’s all about. I’m impressed. He explains America better than just about anyone. Turns out, there ain’t much left. So yeah, what happened? Dr. D: The news cycle runs so frenetically […]
Culture shift: redirecting humanity’s path to a flourishing future
Culture shift: redirecting humanity’s path to a flourishing future It’s time to build a new worldview around a deeper sense of connectedness. Honghe Hani Rice Terraces in Yunnan Province, China.. Credit: By Jialiang Gao, www.peace-on-earth.org – Original Photograph via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. What do all these ideas have in common—a tax on carbon, big investments […]
Our Economy is a Degenerative System
Our Economy is a Degenerative System Impacts of resource hungry exploitative economies “What is 120 times the size of London? The answer: the land or ecological footprint required to supply London’s needs.” — Herbert Giradet Our ecological footprint exceeds the Earth’s capacity to regenerate. A number of useful indicators and frameworks have been developed to measure the […]
Paul Ehrlich: ‘Collapse of civilisation is a near certainty within decades’
Paul Ehrlich: ‘Collapse of civilisation is a near certainty within decades’ Fifty years after the publication of his controversial book The Population Bomb, biologist Paul Ehrlich warns overpopulation and overconsumption are driving us over the edge The toxification of the planet with synthetic chemicals may be more dangerous to people and wildlife than climate change, […]
The Collapse of Society – Are the Doom & Gloomers Even on the Right Page?
The Collapse of Society – Are the Doom & Gloomers Even on the Right Page? QUESTION: Hey Marty, Thanks for the incredible information you are sharing. I subscribe to your service and read your blog every day. Do preppers have any justification in planning for a complete collapse, be it economic, political or otherwise? I keep […]
Left v Right – Why the Western Society is Really Collapsing
Left v Right – Why the Western Society is Really Collapsing QUESTION: Hi Marty, we just saw the German elections play out. For Germany, this is a huge move to the left – at least in government. They also say that Europe will be strongly supported. I guess that means shoveling money to Brussels and […]
Will the societal collapse cross the border to the USA?
Will the societal collapse cross the border to the USA? “Complicated days are coming, I won’t lie to you. The wave of violence isn’t going to end.” -Jalisco Governor Aristóteles Sandoval I just read three current articles about our Mexican neighbors to the South. I highly recommend that you take the time to do so as […]
The great agricultural resettlement or the next chapter of the fall
The great agricultural resettlement or the next chapter of the fall Here’s my own picture. I am a farmer and that is where my world begins. What is an agriculture? I say it is a culture of cities, towns and villages, bridges, roads, canals, harbours – of trades’ people and the trades, which have been […]
The Collapse of Venezuela Was “a systematic destruction to seize our freedom”
The Collapse of Venezuela Was “a systematic destruction to seize our freedom” Editor’s Note: As we begin to become more concerned about the possibility of our own economic collapse, it’s important to see what has happened in other countries. Today, Jose explains how the collapse of Venezuela was deliberately engineered to make the populace bend […]
Collapse of NZ “Guarantor” Puts $300M Deposits for 10K Homes at Risk
Collapse of NZ “Guarantor” Puts $300M Deposits for 10K Homes at Risk Guaranteeing things is an excellent business until it fails suddenly and completely. In the Great Financial Crisis guarantors were wiped out. It’s happening now down under where 10,000 Property Buyers are Caught in the Collapse of Deposit Power. A leading national property finance […]
What do I mean by Skin in the Game? My Own Version
What do I mean by Skin in the Game? My Own Version When selecting a surgeon for your next brain procedure, should you pick a surgeon who looks like a butcher or one who looks like a surgeon? The logic of skin in the game implies you need to select the one who (while credentialed) looks […]
How Societies Collapse: Or, The Eerie Parallels Between Rome, Nazi Germany, and America
How Societies Collapse: Or, The Eerie Parallels Between Rome, Nazi Germany, and America A little reflection occurs to me every time I write about American collapse. Societies collapse in much the same way — there is something like a universal way of collapse. Yet the whole problem begins with the fact that human beings, having needy egos, find their […]
India Enters the Sovereign Debt Crisis
India Enters the Sovereign Debt Crisis I have warned continually that the Sovereign Debt Crisis will unfold not so much by people selling government debt, but by the lack of people buying new debt. The greatest peril is when there is NO BID for the new issues because all governments are operating a PONZI scheme. The sell […]
Old Age and Societal Decline
Old Age and Societal Decline People grow old and die. Civilizations eventually fail. For centuries amateur philosophers have used the former as a metaphor for the latter, leading to a few useful insights and just as many misleading generalizations. The comparison becomes more immediately interesting as our own civilization stumbles blindly toward collapse. While not […]
