America - Sober Up! [Though you know you won't]

"There is no more moral justification for the private ownership of land than for the private ownership of air or rainfall."

clipped from jameshowardkunstler.typepad.com The political theater of the moment in Washington is not focused on any of this, but on the illusion that we can find new ways of keeping the old ways going. Many observers have noted lately how passive the American public is in the face of their dreadful accelerating losses. It's a tragic mistake to tell them that they can have it all back again. We'll see a striking illustration of "phase change" as the public mood goes from cow-like incomprehension to grizzly bear-like rage. Not only will they discover the impossibility of getting back to where they were, but they will see the panicked actions of Washington drive what remains of our capital resources down a rat hole. This striking poverty of imagination may lead to change that will tear the nation to pieces.