Reinventing Collapse

, by Orlov, Dmitry

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ISBN: 9780865716858 | 0865716854
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Copyright: 5/31/2011

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A guide to the decline of the American empire for individuals, families and communities

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Preface to Second Edition	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Soviet Example	p. 5
The Collapse of the Soviet Union: An Overview	p. 11
Back in the USSR	p. 12
A Rude Awakening	p. 14
The New Normal	p. 16
My Premise	p. 18
Superpower Similarities	p. 21
The Myth of Inclusiveness	p. 24
Better Living Through Science	p. 27
Industrial Food Production	p. 28
Consumer Goods	p. 30
Information Technology	p. 31
The Cost of Technological Progress	p. 35
Militarism	p. 38
World's Jailers	p. 45
Evil Empires	p. 50
Bankruptcy	p. 52
Collapse of Legitimacy	p. 55
Reinventing Collapse
The Collapse Gap	p. 63
Collapses in General	p. 64
Energy	p. 68
Housing	p. 75
Transportation	p. 79
Employment	p. 82
Families	p. 87
Money	p. 91
Consumerism	p. 94
Food	p. 98
Medicine	p. 105
Education	p. 109
Ethnicity	p. 114
Religion	p. 115
Inevitable Conclusion	p. 117
Collapse Mitigation	p. 119
The Collapse Parry Platform	p. 122
Political Solutions	p. 126
Private Sector Solutions	p. 128
Activism and Apathy	p. 130
Boondoggles to the Rescue!	p. 131
Investment Advice	p. 134
The Future is Rated "B"	p. 135
Starve the Beast	p. 139
Adaptation	p. 141
Loss of "Normalcy"	p. 142
Smelling the Roses	p. 144
Comforts and Necessities	p. 146
Surviving Radical Cashectomy	p. 148
The Revised Playbook	p. 149
Lowering Your Standards	p. 150
Playing the Part	p. 153
The Settled and the Nomadic	p. 154
Career Opportunities	p. 159
Asset Stripping	p. 160
Drugs and Alcohol	p. 162
Providing Security	p. 163
Serving Your Country	p. 165
Alternative Medicine	p. 166
Alternative Transportation	p. 167
Social Work in the Home	p. 169
That's No Way to Run a Business!	p. 173
The Permanently Unemployed Consumer	p. 179
How (not to) Organize a Community	p. 179
Conclusion	p. 185
Index	p. 187
About the Author	p. 195
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