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JW
Podcast
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JW
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JW
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Chris Martenson
Author and social critic James Howard Kunstler has been one of the earliest, most direct, and most articulate voices to warn of the consequences — economic and otherwise — of modern society's profligate wasting of the resources that underlie its growth.
In his new book, Too Much Magic, Jim attacks the wishful thinking dominant today that with a little more growth, a little more energy, a little more technology — a little more magic — we'll somehow sail past our current tribulations without having to change our behavior.
Such self-delusion is particularly dangerous because it is preventing us from taking intelligent, constructive action at the national level when the clock is fast ticking out of our favor. In fact, Jim claims that we are past the state where solutions are possible. Instead, we need a response plan to help us best brace for the impact of the coming consequences. And we need it fast.
James Howard Kunstler: It’s Too Late for Solutions
by Chris MartensonAuthor and social critic James Howard Kunstler has been one of the earliest, most direct, and most articulate voices to warn of the consequences — economic and otherwise — of modern society's profligate wasting of the resources that underlie its growth.
In his new book, Too Much Magic, Jim attacks the wishful thinking dominant today that with a little more growth, a little more energy, a little more technology — a little more magic — we'll somehow sail past our current tribulations without having to change our behavior.
Such self-delusion is particularly dangerous because it is preventing us from taking intelligent, constructive action at the national level when the clock is fast ticking out of our favor. In fact, Jim claims that we are past the state where solutions are possible. Instead, we need a response plan to help us best brace for the impact of the coming consequences. And we need it fast.
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JW
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JW
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JW
If you are going to be in or can travel to the Arlington, TX area during July 27-28, there is a Prepper Expo that is sure to provide some new insights and access to resiliency building vendors and like minded people. It can also be a great way to spread the word about the new PeakProsperity website and its online community as a brigade member.
Self Reliance Expo
by JWIf you are going to be in or can travel to the Arlington, TX area during July 27-28, there is a Prepper Expo that is sure to provide some new insights and access to resiliency building vendors and like minded people. It can also be a great way to spread the word about the new PeakProsperity website and its online community as a brigade member.
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charleshughsmith
Executive Summary
- Recognize the signs of serfdom
- Calculate your income's vulnerability to the system
- Don't count on high inflation to inflate away your debt obligations
- 10 strategies you can start implementing right now to defend against the forces trying to sap your quality of life
If you have not yet read Part I: Middle Class? Here's What's Destroying Your Future, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
In Part I, we surveyed the key dynamics that have eroded middle-class wealth and income over the past 30 years. Some of these were conventional (higher energy costs) and some were unconventional/politically unacceptable (financialization; neofeudalism).
Regardless of what you identify as the primary cause, that the middle class (and labor in general) has lost ground since the early 1980s is undeniable, as is the ultimate failure of debt-dependent “growth.”
What can we do about it? It seems to me there are two responses:
- Avoid becoming a serf in the new financialized feudalism
- Avoid becoming dependent on the Status Quo and avoid collaborating/supporting those elements of the Status Quo that subsidize and protect the parasitic, inefficient, and unproductive sectors of the economy.
Getting Real About Serfdom
I am going to cut to the chase here, and I expect many of you to disagree. Debt is serfdom, period.
I often illustrate this point by asking two simple questions…
The Middle-Class Survival Guide
PREVIEW by charleshughsmithExecutive Summary
- Recognize the signs of serfdom
- Calculate your income's vulnerability to the system
- Don't count on high inflation to inflate away your debt obligations
- 10 strategies you can start implementing right now to defend against the forces trying to sap your quality of life
If you have not yet read Part I: Middle Class? Here's What's Destroying Your Future, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
In Part I, we surveyed the key dynamics that have eroded middle-class wealth and income over the past 30 years. Some of these were conventional (higher energy costs) and some were unconventional/politically unacceptable (financialization; neofeudalism).
Regardless of what you identify as the primary cause, that the middle class (and labor in general) has lost ground since the early 1980s is undeniable, as is the ultimate failure of debt-dependent “growth.”
What can we do about it? It seems to me there are two responses:
- Avoid becoming a serf in the new financialized feudalism
- Avoid becoming dependent on the Status Quo and avoid collaborating/supporting those elements of the Status Quo that subsidize and protect the parasitic, inefficient, and unproductive sectors of the economy.
Getting Real About Serfdom
I am going to cut to the chase here, and I expect many of you to disagree. Debt is serfdom, period.
I often illustrate this point by asking two simple questions…
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JW
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