The Oil Drum

Which is why we need to look at the nodes in our fragmented, network industrial society where authority is recognized and defended - religious movements particularly, since media and government are widely dismissed as noted above. Religious movements could lead us, or groups of people, in any of a variety of directions - from authoritarian to egalitarian to communal - as people seek to make meaningful declining energy per capita, unprecedented in the vast majority of people's experience (even with the 1930s depression or WWII). I'm finding myself looking at these relationships among people in areas, societies and classes already dealing with powerdown.