Friday, March 14, 2008

Facing the Future

I do not know how anyone can read Carolyn Baker's piece ("Food, Fuel, and Fascism" in Vermont Commons) and not come to the conclusion that the collapse of civilization as we know it is imminent.

I am skeptical of conspiracy theories; but you do not have to believe in them to understand that Peak Oil; the loss of individual influence over government, society, and economy; and the free fall of the U.S. dollar are providing the perfect breeding ground for a revolution.

Those who expect one of the Three Senators (Hillary, Obama, McCain) to deliver us from this fall are foolishly expecting one of the products of the corporate kleptocracy to deliver us from it.

We can manage the revolution by seceding and building a republic dedicated to our traditional principles of government and economics; or we can let the revolution drag us all into a new Dark Age of poverty and despair.

Ohio, it is time to choose, because this offer is good for a limited time only.

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