Decline and Fall

The End of Empire and the Future of Democracy in 21st Century America


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Author: John Michael Greer ISBN: 9781550925579
Publisher: New Society Publishers Publication: April 1, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: John Michael Greer
ISBN: 9781550925579
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Publication: April 1, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English
“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.” Although he was writing nearly a century ago, Yeats could just as easily be describing the United States today. The decline and fall of Americas global empire is the central feature of todays geopolitical landscape, and the nature of our response to it will determine much of our future trajectory, with implications that reach far beyond the limits of one nations borders.Decline and Fall: The End of Empire and the Future of Democracy in 21st Century America challenges the conventional wisdom of empire. Using a wealth of historical examples combined with groundbreaking original analysis, author John Michael Greer:• Shows how the United States has backed itself into a blind corner in the pursuit of political and economic power• Explores the inevitable consequences of imperial collapse• Proposes a renewal of democratic institutions as the only constructive way forward.By shifting the conversation from whether todays American empire should survive to whether it can survive, and arguing persuasively that the answer to the above question is “no,” Decline and Fall makes an invaluable contribution to the body of speculative post-industrial literature. This book is a must-read for anyone concerned about the State of the Union, or who believes that the time has come to reinvent the American Dream.John Michael Greer is a scholar of ecological history, an internationally-renowned Peak Oil theorist and the author of more than 30 books including The Long Descent.
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“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.” Although he was writing nearly a century ago, Yeats could just as easily be describing the United States today. The decline and fall of Americas global empire is the central feature of todays geopolitical landscape, and the nature of our response to it will determine much of our future trajectory, with implications that reach far beyond the limits of one nations borders.Decline and Fall: The End of Empire and the Future of Democracy in 21st Century America challenges the conventional wisdom of empire. Using a wealth of historical examples combined with groundbreaking original analysis, author John Michael Greer:• Shows how the United States has backed itself into a blind corner in the pursuit of political and economic power• Explores the inevitable consequences of imperial collapse• Proposes a renewal of democratic institutions as the only constructive way forward.By shifting the conversation from whether todays American empire should survive to whether it can survive, and arguing persuasively that the answer to the above question is “no,” Decline and Fall makes an invaluable contribution to the body of speculative post-industrial literature. This book is a must-read for anyone concerned about the State of the Union, or who believes that the time has come to reinvent the American Dream.John Michael Greer is a scholar of ecological history, an internationally-renowned Peak Oil theorist and the author of more than 30 books including The Long Descent.

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