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For anyone who has read Kunstler, the following link adds very little new - http://www.orionmagazine.org/pages/om/07-1om/Kunstler.html On the other hand, for anyone wanting a fairly short introduction to his current thinking, this should fit the bill perfectly.
Opinions certainly vary about him, and I am certain that he would be preferred to be called a realist, and not someone sprouting doom and gloom. In the time he has been writing about the coming problems facing suburbia, America has done little but build more suburbia. His main points concerning the collision of the reality of peak oil with the American Dream seem to be difficult to refute rationally, though as always, he is not a prophet. (Well, in a way he is, but of the sort which calls down the wrath of god on the heathens who live lives of sin worshipping at false altars - yes, pretty tedious if you don't agree.)
I like this line from Kunstler's "clustercoitus" today:
I wonder if Dannyboy "Jerkin" Yergin might not also be "eaten" by the people who got sucked into his delusion.
And as for "celebrity porkchops" - imagine the backlash against the "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"-types, and/or the "Simpleton Life" porn-queens in Hollywood.
The flaunting of wealth is likely again to be considered VULGAR if not dangerous in the not-too-distant future.
A future bumper sticker?
(ok, Bike Sticker?):
Eat the Rich
or
Eat the Banksters
Alas Babylon
It's been done:
http://www.megagalerieanarkhia.ath.cx/image/anticapitalisme/eat%20the%20...