[p2p-research] 2010 will be a hot year in the US

Wed Jan 13 17:51:26 CET 2010

sam,

I just saw the different sites on the greening of detroit, and I must say
this is just amazing ...

Michel

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > VIA http://kunstler.com/blog/2009/12/forecast-2010.html#more
> >
> > A LOT more interesting stuff in that article,
> >
> > Michel
> >
> >
> > One wild card is how angry the American people might get.  Unlike the
> 1930s,
> > we are no longer a nation who call each other "Mister" and "Ma'am," where
> > even the down-and-out wear neckties and speak a discernible variant of
> > regular English, where hoboes say "thank you," and where, in short, there
> is
> > something like a common culture of shared values.  We're a nation of
> thugs
> > and louts with flames tattooed on our necks, who call each other
> > "motherfucker" and are skilled only in playing video games based on mass
> > murder. The masses of Roosevelt's time were coming off decades of
> > programmed, regimented work, where people showed up in well-run factories
> > and schools and pretty much behaved themselves. In my view, that's one of
> > the reasons that the US didn't explode in political violence during the
> > Great Depression of the 1930s - the discipline and fortitude of the
> > citizenry.  The sheer weight of demoralization now is so titanic that it
> is
> > very hard to imagine the people of the USA pulling together for anything
> > beyond the most superficial ceremonies - placing teddy bears on a crash
> > site.  And forget about discipline and fortitude in a nation of ADD
> victims
> > and self-esteem seekers.
> >
>
> This was also when big companies and government heavily re-invested
> back into American communities. You'll *rarely* see that happening
> these days.
>
>
> >      I believe we will see the outbreak of civil disturbance at many
> levels
> > in 2010.  One will be plain old crime against property and persons,
> > especially where the sense of community is flimsy-to-nonexistent, and
> that
> > includes most of suburban America. The automobile is a fabulous aid to
> > crime. People can commit crimes in Skokie and be back home in Racine
> before
> > supper (if supper is anything besides a pepperoni stick and some Hostess
> > Ho-Hos in the car). Fewer police will be on guard due to budget
> shortfalls.
> >
>
> Heh, I have to say, that this is already how it is now, not how it's
> "going to be"...
>
>
>
>
> >       I think we'll see a variety-pack of political disturbance led first
> by
> > people who are just plain pissed off at government and corporations and
> seek
> > to damage property belonging to these entities. The ideologically-driven
> > will offer up "revolutionary" action to redefine some lost national sense
> of
> > purpose. Some of the most dangerous players such as the political
> > racialists, the posse comitatus types, the totalitarian populists, have
> been
> > out-of-sight for years. They'll come out of the woodwork and join the
> > contest over dwindling resources. Both the Left and the Right are capable
> of
> > violence. But since the Left is ostensibly already in power, the Right is
> in
> > a better position to mount a real challenge to office-holders. Their
> ideas
> > may be savage and ridiculous, but they could easily sweep the 2010
> elections
> > - unless we see the rise of a third party (or perhaps several parties).
> No
> > sign of that yet. Personally, I'd like to see figures like Christopher
> Dodd
> > and Barney Frank sent packing, though I'm a registered Democrat. In the
> year
> > ahead, the sense of contraction will be palpable and huge. Losses will be
> > obvious.  No amount of jive-talking will convince the public that they
> are
> > experiencing "recovery."  Everything familiar and comforting will begin
> > receding toward the horizon.
> >
>
> He's leaving out those of us that are working on creating real
> alternatives, right now. Too bad. I guess if you are trying to write a
> dystopian muckrack article, it wouldn't help you case to talk about
> positive realities. Thanks for telling about what is negative and
> collapsing, now lets talk about positive and emerging in the same
> places. That's the full picture.
>
>
>
>
>
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