But we also need to acknowledge that this pandemic is a direct result of collapsing economic, environmental, and political systems. These include "Confronting Collapse: The Crisis of Energy and Money in a Post Peak Oil World" by Michael Ruppert in 2009, "The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View From The Future" by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway in 2014, "Love in the Age of Ecological Apocalypse: Cultivating the Relationships We Need to Thrive" by Carolyn Baker in 2015, and most recently, "How Everything Can Collapse: A Manual for Our Times" by Pablo Servigne and Ralph Stevens in 2020.Īll the public focus now is on how we personally need to live to stem the spread of Covid-19 and, of course, that is vitally important. Several authors have been predicting this collapse for years. The other indicators are that we have catastrophic global heating, the “Sixth Great Extinction,” the rise of fascist/authoritarian governments around the world including the United States, millions of people suffering from poverty, giant corporations and billionaires controlling our democracy, and the destruction of much of our environment to support the life of a greatly overpopulated Earth.
The Covid-19 pandemic affecting us here in Vermont and internationally is one more indicator that we are now dealing in a broader perspective with the collapse of the industrial/capitalistic/military economy. He is a co-founder of Vermonters for a Sustainable Population which is now Better (not bigger) Vermont
Editor's note: This commentary is by George Plumb of Washington, Vermont.
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