Tag Archives: John Michael Greer

The rents are too high

Posted on April 12, 2024 by camelotkidd

Why are Americans so unhappy despite elite gaslighting that it’s the best economy ever? I think the main reason is that the rents are too damn high. And by rents I don’t simply mean the costs of a mortgage or … Continue reading →

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How should we then live?

Posted on February 8, 2024 by camelotkidd

The Doom Blogging post got me thinking that I should write about something positive, so here goes. John Michael Greer wrote a novel, entitled Retrotopia, that imagines a possible future where faith in technology doesn’t equal prosperity. Greer, as an … Continue reading →

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The art of the possible

Posted on January 24, 2017 by camelotkidd

  Politics is the art of the possible. It’s not enough for Democrats to simply oppose the policies of Donald Trump, they need to offer alternatives. And, while the marches and protests organized by the DNC and supporting NGO’s are … Continue reading →

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Revolution Blues

Posted on September 29, 2015 by camelotkidd

In the US we have a neoliberal political and economic consensus among elites that has produced deregulation for corporations and banks, tax cuts and subsidies for the wealthy, punitive austerity for the poor, and a violent, militaristic foreign policy focused … Continue reading →

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Externalities

Posted on April 8, 2015 by camelotkidd

Powerful US corporations socialize the costs of doing business and privatize the profits. In economic speak, this socialization of costs is described as an externality. If such things as exploitation of labor, income inequality, and environmental destruction were forced to be … Continue reading →

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