Tag Archives: The Long Emergency

Relying on Jim Kunstler to bring me down to earth

By Mark | March 16, 2011

When I catch myself smiling at a stranger, sniffing a flower, or doing something else which might give the impression that I’m anything other than completely fatalistic, I run home and check in with my favorite prophet of doom, Jim “fuck you” Kunstler. Well, this evening, when watching video of young people in Lansing discussing […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Observations, Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged collective bargaining, democracy protests, food shortages, gas rationing, global climate change, Jim Kunstler, Libya, Middle East, Muammar Gaddafi, oil, optimism, pessimism, Struggle Against Authoritarian Rule in the Middle East, the growing gap between rich and poor, threats to the middle class, unions | 16 Comments

Attend an urban gardening potluck, and avoid the cannibal holocaust

By Mark | January 4, 2010

Whenever I start to get a little too optimistic about the future, and I want to regain my foothold in the word of dystopian pessimism, I like to check in with author Jim Kunsler. Jim, for those of you who don’t know him, is the author of such books as The Long Emergency: Surviving the […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged bailout, banking reform, cannibal holocaust, cheap oil, civil disturbance, community potlucks, decomplexifying, discipline and fortitude of the citizenry, downscaling, dystopia, Federal Reserve, Great Depression, Growing Hope, healthy food access, Hostess Ho-Hos, Jim Kunstler, jive talking, neck tattoos, re-humanizing, re-localizing, recovery, sustainable communities, urban farming | 11 Comments

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