To feel lucky as collapse progresses / Tom Friedman’s awakening

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 somewhere to go in our minds: a vision of better living and liberation. It’s time to take John Lennon’s advice and “Imagine.”

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