Of course, the toxic bullshit of incessant advertising and show biz for nearly a century has stripped us of cognitive abilities for dealing with reality that used to be part of the normal equipment of adulthood - for instance, knowing the difference between wishing for stuff and making stuff happen. We bamboozled ourselves with too much magic.
James Howard KunstlerWe have to do commerce differently because the WalMart system of big box chain retail will soon die. This means rebuilding local main street economies (networks of local economic interdependency).
James Howard KunstlerWe have to grow our food differently because industrial farming will soon end. That means growing more food locally on smaller farms with more human attention.
James Howard KunstlerThe industrial age is over. What follows will be life lived on a much smaller and finer scale.
James Howard Kunstler