Very well-put. Also, it continually amazes me how people can watch They Live and not connect the dots! Watching the capitalism machine go in overdrive this holiday season is so utterly depressing.
Like you, Alan, I write about climate change. I don't believe I've used the word "collapse" yet in a bit over two years of articles, but anyone paying attention is getting the idea. If people don't throw themselves into the gears of the machine NOW, it's game over. And of course, the penalties for speaking out and protesting are getting harsher all over the world as I write. I agree with you both on the reasons people are looking away and the need to be kind towards them. It sums up everyone I know in my personal life. It's only in communities like this that I find others who know and are willing to recognize the situation. Writing about it, at least for the time being, keeps me sane.
Thanks Alan. I’d love to have counter arguments to your points but don’t, yet but I’m digging deeper into arts and cultural work on collapse and am finding powerful stories that help understand how we have survived in the past and how we learn from our mistakes. Is it too late? Depends on your point of view, including fiction that is sometimes truer than life. Keep up the great work. It helps me calm down.
I started to become collapse-aware about two decades ago. At first, it was just climate change and other environmental damage that worried me. Now, I think it is actually the end of affordable oil that will bring the global civilization down. And there's very little to fall back on as we have destroyed the natural carrying capacity of the Earth.
I became convinced of collapse when I heard Guy McPherson speak in my hometown...about 15 years ago. Slowly more and more people are coming to accept and discuss the end. However, “hope” is still the prevailing response.
Very well-put. Also, it continually amazes me how people can watch They Live and not connect the dots! Watching the capitalism machine go in overdrive this holiday season is so utterly depressing.
Like you, Alan, I write about climate change. I don't believe I've used the word "collapse" yet in a bit over two years of articles, but anyone paying attention is getting the idea. If people don't throw themselves into the gears of the machine NOW, it's game over. And of course, the penalties for speaking out and protesting are getting harsher all over the world as I write. I agree with you both on the reasons people are looking away and the need to be kind towards them. It sums up everyone I know in my personal life. It's only in communities like this that I find others who know and are willing to recognize the situation. Writing about it, at least for the time being, keeps me sane.
Thanks for writing this Alan.
Thanks Alan. I’d love to have counter arguments to your points but don’t, yet but I’m digging deeper into arts and cultural work on collapse and am finding powerful stories that help understand how we have survived in the past and how we learn from our mistakes. Is it too late? Depends on your point of view, including fiction that is sometimes truer than life. Keep up the great work. It helps me calm down.
I started to become collapse-aware about two decades ago. At first, it was just climate change and other environmental damage that worried me. Now, I think it is actually the end of affordable oil that will bring the global civilization down. And there's very little to fall back on as we have destroyed the natural carrying capacity of the Earth.
Two billion humans by 2100. Or less.
Great Article, thank you. Clearly puts down a lot that I empathise strongly with. Will check out your other articles!
I became convinced of collapse when I heard Guy McPherson speak in my hometown...about 15 years ago. Slowly more and more people are coming to accept and discuss the end. However, “hope” is still the prevailing response.
Excellent piece; thank you.