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Cheer up — things really are as bad as you think

By Erik Curren | November 13, 2012

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In last week's election, Obama may have been a better choice than the alternative, but no American president is likely to have much positive impact on climate change, peak oil and the worldwide economic crisis anytime soon. Given the sorry state of national governments, controlled as they are by rapacious corporations driven by the profit motive, there's little chance of either … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: local government, optimism, Paul Kingsnorth, pessimism, philosophy, urban farming

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