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Stop Using the Word ‘Sustainability’ for God’s Sake
Stop Using the Word ‘Sustainability’ for God’s Sake No. This is not sustainable. Photo by Appolinary Kalashnikova on Unsplash For millions of years us, humans, were part of Nature. We were born in the wild, lived in the wild, died in the wild. We ate what we found, drank the waters of rivers and streams, breathed air purified […]
The Illusion of Control
The Illusion of Control Dale Hollow Reservoir, Tennessee How often do you think of schizophrenia? Are you aware that most of Western society suffers from collective schizophrenia? I’ve mentioned wetiko in this space often, because of the implications it has with modern civilization. For those unfamiliar with wetiko, please see this article. Most people completely ignore the unsustainability of […]
How I Came To Believe That Civilization Is Unsustainable
How I Came To Believe That Civilization Is Unsustainable Part 2: A Practical Guide To Collapse Awareness Image credit: Jean Wimmerlin via Unsplash Warning! What follows is not easy to digest, let alone to accept. If you think that this is all crap, or the very thought of a potential end to this way of life […]
What Should We Want to Hold Onto?
What Should We Want to Hold Onto? The ongoing debates in many different groups (and on social media in general) are really beginning to show that some people have a good comprehension and grasp of the predicaments we face. On the other hand, I still see so many folks who want to try to hold […]
Debt and Deficits: They’re Unsustainable
Debt and Deficits: They’re Unsustainable Economic growth won’t save us, not without serious cuts in government spending. The most important issue facing America today is the national debt and increasing federal deficits. Our national debt now exceeds yearly gross domestic product (GDP). The U.S is the wealthiest country in the world, but our government has […]
Post Peak Minsky—Debt, Unsustainability, and Inequality
Post Peak Minsky—Debt, Unsustainability, and Inequality It has occurred to me that the fungibility of public debt is not sufficiently recognized—and perhaps of private debt as well. In other words, when our government in the U.S. engages in deficit spending, the focus is generally on who, precisely, is the immediate beneficiary. As Richard Heinberg notes […]
“The collapse of our civilization is not a political issue.” Really??
“The collapse of our civilization is not a political issue.” Really?? The cover article of New Scientist this week asks “Is Western civilization on the brink of collapse?” I’m glad they’re raising this question, but their discussion was extremely disappointing. First, as George Monbiot points out in a follow-up article, the article fails to distinguish between […]
You are currently living through the dumbest monetary experimental end game in history (including Havenstein and Gono’s)
You are currently living through the dumbest monetary experimental end game in history (including Havenstein and Gono’s) We have seen several explanations for the financial crisis and its lingering effects depressing our global economy in its aftermath. Some are plain stupid, such as greed for some reason suddenly overwhelmed people working within finance, as if […]
