#jembendell — Public Fediverse posts

Breaking Together

Documentary film on how people like Prof. Jem Bendell have been changing their lives after concluding that industrial civilization is collapsing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtNIJRbErvE

#jembendell #collapse #systemic #adaptation #climatechange #regrowth #extinctionrebellion

@breadandcircuses

Well worth a read.

(And maybe someone will find a link to the full audio?)

I struggled to get past "ecolibertarian" and "What’s coming is bad, but it’s not all bad" but I'm glad I did. And with the #Manosphere raging, "ecolibertarian" is at least better than "Muskian QAnon incel".

Seeing a small chance of a #CollapseIntoCommunity paradox.
But probably there isn't really.

#JemBendell

Recipe for joy on Soggy Caturday

Take a bunch of rescued cats in Bali
Add a climate expert of world renown
Smoothe in an attractive woman singer
Stir the ingredients with a guitar.

Share on Mastodon to maximise the experience!

https://jembendell.com/2024/09/14/mysticalcat/

#caturday #jembendell #catsong #bali #climate

When we accept that modern societies are beginning to collapse, it can us lead to a critical view of the dominant systems and ideologies that produced this mess, distracted us from it, and channelled responses into decades of ineffective measures. That understanding means we begin to be liberated from the confines of respect for society-as-it-is. Therefore, the Imperial Modernity within us—and which we perpetuate—can begin to be seen and escaped. I have noticed in myself and others that the breakdown in old worldviews, identities and even stories of meaning triggers a renewed desire and capacity for more vital engagement with the present, including creativity and play. Part of the opportunity of collapse is the dropping of old stories of self, society and world to see what emerges.

Contrary to popular misunderstandings, well over 95% of all money in modern economies is issued initially as a debt by private banks, when they make loans or buy bonds. The money in your bank account corresponds to nothing physical, and simply represents the current numeric value of a promise from your bank to you, which can be transferred to other banks that participate in the same systems. The way the money is issued as debt, and then accumulates under the control of a minority of participants in any economy, creates a ‘monetary growth imperative’ in the economy. In other words, unless the banks increasingly issue new loans for new economic activity, then the money supply shrinks over time, as existing loans are repaid. Therefore, rather than achieve any stable size, any economy must keep growing.

People seeking to change society have tried politics, whether local, national or international. They’ve tried improving the knowledge base on the problems. They’ve tried raising awareness in society. They’ve tried harnessing the power of technology, business and finance. They’ve tried living differently. But none of it has worked at scale. As the systems of modern society were so impervious to these tactics over decades, if they were not collapsing now then there would be no chance of any real change.

"We need a new discussion in society about; what is a solidarity-based politics for an age of collapse?"

#JemBendell, 2023

https://shows.acast.com/teamhuman/episodes/jem-bendell

#podcasts #TeamHuman #solidarity #collapse

Breaking Together encourages us to think about collapse in ways that are profound, possibility-expanding and startlingly original. Bendell’s “post-doom” perspective has the potential to change individual lives, upend organisational strategies and give birth to whole new social movements.

Bendell advocates for an ideal of “ecofreedom”. This moves beyond obvious ideas, such as reconnecting with nature, to encompass supporting youth climate activism and decolonial, resource-preserving movements in the Global South.

The post-doom approach also calls for embracing a “positive disintegration” of self and values, to refocus one’s mind, and entire existence, on things that really matter.

CW / TW Jem Bendell; COVID; Wszechkryzys; Science-based debunking of official narrative; All-crisis.

https://petroskowo.pl/display/810fc51c-2063-7b43-f346-068860741882

Review: Deep Adaptation – Navigating the Realities of Climate Chaos
Trigger warnings for eschatology, despair, grief, climate chaos, near-term societal collapse.

If you, bold snowflake, can make it through that opening sentence without melting into a malaise and retreating to the safe space let me attempt to
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/03/11/review-deep-adaptation-navigating-the-realities-of-climate-chaos/
#BookReview #deepadaptation #environmentalism #GeorgeF. #jembendell #review

Review: Deep Adaptation – Navigating the Realities of Climate Chaos
Trigger warnings for eschatology, despair, grief, climate chaos, near-term societal collapse.

If you, bold snowflake, can make it through that opening sentence without melting into a malaise and retreating to the safe space let me attempt to
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/03/11/review-deep-adaptation-navigating-the-realities-of-climate-chaos/
#BookReview #deepadaptation #environmentalism #GeorgeF. #jembendell #review