We have a remarkable chance to change our unsustainable “waste is growth” economy and hazardous inequality to sustainable systems that optimize well-being rather than collapse. The possibility that the United States might fragment is no longer a marginalized topic. Maps showing various post-U.S. local setups accompany essays exploring how and why a split of the […]
If Xi’s gambit is successful, China could become a magnet for global capital. If success is only partial or short-term, China may well deal with the structural excesses that are piling up not simply in China however in the entire global economy. As noted here last month, the Chinese characters that make up “crisis” are […]
Impending Planetary Disaster Ought To Join United States, Yet We Remain More Divided Than Ever By Caitlin JOHNSTONE Charles Bukowski has a quote: “We’re all going to die, everyone, what a circus! That alone must make us like each other but it doesn’t. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are consumed by absolutely […]
Now on to the good ideas to consume– yowzah! Appreciating for bits of beauty and good things to consume. Wanting you a plethora of both. As you’ll see from this choice of recent pictures, I discover good ideas to consume lovely. But let’s begin with a fiery sort of appeal: And a Pacific sort of […]
If one possible outcome of the existing system is collapse, recognizing the system itself need to be changed isn’t doom-and-gloom, it’s analytical. Those people who discuss collapse are typically dismissed as doom-and-gloomers, the equivalent of individuals who view dash-cam videos of lorry crashes all the time, savoring catastrophe. Why would we spend a lot effort […]
It behooves the Pentagon chief and his aides to scrutinize the supposed U.S. intel and to weigh up the political video games of who is playing who. The 2 most senior military leaders of the United States and Russia participated in phone talks today as unsafe tensions between the nuclear superpowers intensify. An unsteady ceasefire […]
The worth of these super-abundant recklessness will trend rapidly to no as soon as margin calls and other little bits of reality significantly minimize demand. Inflation, deflation, stagflation– they have actually all got proponents. However who’s going to be ideal? The difficulty here is that supply and demand are vibrant and so there are always […]
By Peter VAN BUREN It’s time to confess America is facing a crisis. Families are going to have Thanksgiving together this year. No one wants to admit “We may pass away of Covid” was a much better reason for not getting together last year than “I’m stuck in O’Hara.” No one wishes to admit chicken […]
Unfortunately for the Davos Guardians, the reality of the New Great Story is a world without those extremely principles that humanity needs to make it through and flourish within our innovative, reasonable universe. In case you were beginning to seem like your world was ending up being a cliché dystopian motion picture script, don’t feel […]
While much is made about the alleged absence of assistance for President Maduro (the millions of votes his celebration got will never ever be acknowledged by the U.S.), it’s less understood that the opposition is deeply undesirable. By Leonardo FLORES For the first time in four years, every major opposition party in Venezuela took part […]
