The Collapse

Steven Welzer
Jan 2, 2022

Not an event. That starts tomorrow. Or in 2030.

A process. That started a while ago. That will play out over a very long period of time.

What? Where?

Visible manifestations are now evident. Failed states at the periphery. Syria. Lebanon. Afghanistan. Libya.

More tomorrow. More by 2030. Many by 2100.

Gnawing social breakdowns. Incremental ecological exigencies. Occasional major crises.

Yes, of course, the pandemic of 2020–2022 is one.

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Create ecovillages (rural, suburban, urban) as lifeboats and base camps.

Build the new society within the shell of the old.

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Steven Welzer

The editor of Green Horizon Magazine, Steve has been a movement activist for many years (he was an original co-editor of DSA’s “Ecosocialist Review”).