Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Peak soil: industrial civilisation is on the verge of eating itself

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Peak soil: industrial civilisation is on the verge of eating itself

Click here to access article by Nafeez Ahmed from The Guardian.

Notice that this liberal publication diverts attention away from "capitalism" by using the euphemism "industrial civilization". Therefore, what are we to conclude but the obvious one that we must return to to a pre-civilization state which, of course, is not an option that many people will take seriously? Thus, this type of analysis is another way of directing you to their faith-based capitalist premise so well expressed in their mantra: "there is no alternative".

Otherwise, this piece provides a well written description of the catastrophes awaiting humanity because humanity has allowed a cancer-like system, and a ruling class that benefits from it, to rule over the world.