Zeno Swijtink
03-10-2009, 09:07 PM
To Feel Lucky as Collapse Progresses / Tom Friedman's Awakening
By Jan Lundberg
Culture Change Letter #240
https://culturechange.org/go.html?350
Slow collapse is what we need, if possible. As bad as this seems, "So far
so good." The kind of fast collapse from a massive interruption in oil
supplies is much harder to handle.
The system is teetering on many levels, and there are uncertainties, but
fall it will. Many people around the world are hurting, but not those who
have a secure connection to a fruitful, healthy land base belonging to
their community.
In the U.S., where the Census no longer has a designation for "Farmer" for
lack of numbers, the food charities are stressed from unprecedented
demand, while foreclosures and firings mean homelessness for some. And in
a minimum-community culture, there's nowhere to go -- in the 1930s' Great
Depression a room could be had in a relative's farmhouse out in the
country.
What we need is...
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To read the complete article, go to https://culturechange.org/go.html?350
By Jan Lundberg
Culture Change Letter #240
https://culturechange.org/go.html?350
Slow collapse is what we need, if possible. As bad as this seems, "So far
so good." The kind of fast collapse from a massive interruption in oil
supplies is much harder to handle.
The system is teetering on many levels, and there are uncertainties, but
fall it will. Many people around the world are hurting, but not those who
have a secure connection to a fruitful, healthy land base belonging to
their community.
In the U.S., where the Census no longer has a designation for "Farmer" for
lack of numbers, the food charities are stressed from unprecedented
demand, while foreclosures and firings mean homelessness for some. And in
a minimum-community culture, there's nowhere to go -- in the 1930s' Great
Depression a room could be had in a relative's farmhouse out in the
country.
What we need is...
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To read the complete article, go to https://culturechange.org/go.html?350