The Decline of the American Empire

Not many people want to believe it but as Hugo Chavez says it, “the empire is about to fall and we will see it in this century”. I don’t necessarily agree with all of Mr. Chavez’s approaches, especially with his loud volume, but I do believe that the United States is falling on its own principles. They have made believe their population that the resources of the world are endless and that their credit cards will pay for everything they want… when reality hits (and it is starting to do so) … each family will have to get rid of not only 3 of their SUV's per household, but also sell their mega TV and move out of the suburbs to a smaller house in town because their bank will be taking their million-dollar home away along with their 40-year mortgage.

An interesting documentary to watch on the topic: The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream. Not the first time I see something on the topic… another good documentary on a similar issue is  A Crude Awakening/The Oil Crash

 http://www.endofsuburbia.com/

http://www.oilcrashmovie.com

 Some interesting statements to ponder on:

 "What’s good for business is the fantasy" (good reason for Media and Governments not to talk about the peak of oil reserves...)

 "We are addicted to oil and we don’t want to hear that it is going to run out"

 This is a funny one: "The name of the suburban neighbourhoods is based on  the nature they have destroyed around them. i.e. “Fresh Water Creek”, “Cedar Sunset Forest”, etc"

 "The future of the globe is the reverse of globalization"

 My own homework... I should look into: New Urbanism Movements 

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