Food, fuel, and fascism.

[undergroundpanther]

But one's abdication of critical thinking in the face of the U.S. election charade is neither the most disconnected or the most dangerous course of action. More deadly, in my opinion, is the failure to grasp the reality that not only the empire but civilization itself has entered a process of irreversible demise. This phenomenon is larger than the onset of a Second Great Depression. It's even larger and more momentous than the reality of a cartel of criminals who engineered a mortgage meltdown, the repercussions of which will be reverberating throughout the global economy indefinitely. As I have stated repeatedly, what is unfolding is absolutely unprecedented and is juxtaposed with the equally dire realities of climate chaos and Peak Oil. In their attempts to make sense of these momentous realities, New Age devotees tout the significance of 2012, and the Christian right insists that the rapture is imminent. Equally sychophantic are those who argue that while the current challenges are unprecedented, so is the technology which can alleviate them. Pervading all three groups is a profound disconnect from ecological, scientific, and human reality.
http://carolynbaker.net/site/content/view/379/

[annabanana]

1. Well. . . . NOW I feel better.

sheesh

[undergroundpanther]

2. It's not about feeling better

It's about being HONEST about the things we are up against.
And yeah it does not feel good, not at all.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3083256

Read the thread and the responses,
Some lay it out, I think, pretty clearly too