Thanks so much for contributing your thoughts! I really liked what you had to say, it’s clear that you’ve studied this subject.

I wanted to agree with you that what the reporters/bankers are suggesting here is not particularly grounded in an understanding of social injustice or how societies and empires collapse. Please notice also that my intent in re-posting this article is not to scare people or discourage people from taking action, it’s actually the complete opposite.

I recognize now that I should probably have written a short introduction to this article in my own words, to clarify why i thought it was important.

However, I think that you’re wrong about capitalism being invulnerable to collapse. It’s actually incredibly vulnerable, and although it’s “not going away on it’s own”, it WILL go away if the economic and material conditions for it evaporate, which is exactly what I think is happening now with Peak Oil.

Now that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily a good thing, because global capitalism could break down into all kinds of stuff, including fascism in a lot of places. But as activists and people with consciences enough to be revolutionaries, it’s our responsibility to move things in a more human direction, and fight for justice with the same vigor that we do in times when capitalism is strong.

It’s just that when the oil shortage breaks the back of the market system, we may have an opening that I think we need to take full advantage of.

Thanks again for posting! Keep up the fight!

alex