The American Mission
The Republic Strikes Back
This mission has no future for the vast majority of the American people who have no control over the resources of the American empire. Saudi Arabia has either peaked in oil production or will shortly, meaning that the oil production of the globe has peaked or will shortly. After this point oil will become increasingly expensive and scarce leading to a breakdown in trade, distribution networks for food and other goods, the rule of law and economic arrangements, and the distinctly resource-driven American 'way of life'.
Knowing the goal, and the hollow reality behind it, Americans are now charged with a smaller and more localized mission that has nothing to do with the American empire. We, the people, have little option but to recreate the old ideas of thrift and community that once made this country a great place to live. Our mission is to build economic and social networks that can survive the collapse of the dollar. This means learning the tenets of soil sustainability, so we can grow our own food without the fertilizer and pesticide inputs to which we have grown accustomed. This means conserving and producing our own electricity to protect against centralized power-grid failures. It means the reinvigoration of local processing and manufacturing, so we can turn the raw goods of a region into the valuable products we need to survive.
This mission isn't an easy one. Right up until they collapse, international traders like Wal-mart and other big box stores will continue to undermine the idea of local production for local profit. Agribusiness giants like ConAgra and Archer Daniels Midland will continue to dominate the market with trucked in food, in turn destroying our topsoil and small farmers who they consistently underbid. Millions of Americans who now receive their paychecks from multinational corporations, and those domestic corporations that rely on them, likely won't see the need for our mission until their paychecks stop coming.
Still, the mission is dire and one of survival. It is nothing less than the recreation of an older, and much more American, 'way of life'. But it isn't a huge task, if we can remember to keep it local. The few of us who take on this mission are working for the greater good, for survival, to thrive even in the wake of an empire that will pass us by surely as every empire ever has.
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Post a CommentDamn excellent agonizing article, this should be on the front page of AC-this article states the condition of our nation, a country slipping into darkness.
Very good.
I do know what you mean, Jim. However I've opted for the small southern city route. I've heard tale that the safest place in the U.S. is somewhere in Utah. Mormons don't pack heat, do they?
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Nice ta meet ya, Jim. I always enjoy hearing about islands of sanity in this discombobulated world. I wonder about anarchy though. Power, like nature, abhors a vacuum. I suspect the U.S. could become a series of fiefdoms ruled over by local strongmen in the event of a centralized power meltdown. That's when our second amendment rights will really come under attack. btw: are you in the city or country???
Good piece Micah! I have often argued the fragility of our modern western economy and lifestyle. If there is ever an effective oil embargo to the West, we're screwed. Try slipping over to the local Safeway to pick up some groceries - won't be happening. If one cannot feed, house and provide for their own needs, they could be in major trouble. Our lifestyle is precariously balanced on the head of a pin, and any major disruption of power, fuel or food may throw this democracy into anarchy. I'm ready for that situation, hopefully never to occur, but ready all the same - guess it was all that Boy Scout "Be Prepared" stuff. Who knew that stuff was actually worthwhile to know how to do? I'd have paid better attention if I'd have know then what I fear now. hehe
Right on, Farmboy! You had me at discombobulate.
Hark Hark! Jolly good read, matey! It is the responsibility of every soul who belongs to a body to make an effort to establish relationships with members of their local communities. Modern Life has many fruits.
Many of those are very very tasty, tasty indeed. Unfortunately many of those same fruits, when taken in excess, have proven to be severely detrimental to the health of the individual, the family, the community, and the world. One revealing truth: our matieral wealth has not made us any happier, if anything, what it took for us to acquire it turned our lives into nothing more than a fragmented discombobulation.
It is important for us to reevalute our lifestyles, and recognize those parts that go against all of our basic instincts (including survival). Go to your local farmer's market, make a new friend, and then help your new friend make a buck by buying his food.