[Peakoil] The collapse of the USSR as a foretaste of collapse in the USA?

[Alex P]

Thanks Keith,

I recall Orlov's essays on FTW mentioned a few advantages the USA had over
the USSR, one of which was people being kinder to complete strangers (as
long as they were of the same race and class)

However this is absent from the April 2006 presentation so he is now
basically saying there is no reason for hoping the US will do better than
the USSR, actually much much worse.

The bit at the end perversely advocating useless boondoggles is interesting
to say the least.

Is Australian government as useless as US government? I do detect amazing
lethargy and inertia in our political leaders and media, I don't know if it
is inherent in Australia itself, or whether it is because our system of
government and media has always slavishly taken its lead from the happenings
in the wider anglo-sphere, which is currently lethargic, ossified and
"ideologicaly hamstrung". 

There are exceptions such as the Senate oil inquiry of course.

Alex
O4O4873828

ACT Peak Oil
http://act-peakoil.org

On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 11:54:42 +1100, Keith Thomas <keith at evfit.com> wrote :

> If the end of cheap oil precipitates or coincides with an economic  
> collapse, what will it look like?
> 
> Dmitry Orlov visited the USSR during and after its collapse and remarks  
> on the parallels between the USSR then and the USA today.
> 
> Here are the notes from his address in April 2006 in New York:
> 
> http://www.cluborlov.com/ClubOrlov/ConfSlides/index.html
> 
> If you want more detail, there are long articles on the From the  
> Wilderness site, but this site is expected to close or be reduced in  
> size shortly, so catch them now while they are still available in their  
> full form:
> 
> http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/060105_soviet_lessons.shtml
> http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/ 
> 062805_soviet_lessons_part2.shtml
> http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/ 
> 071805_soviet_lessons_part3.shtml
> 
> Be sure to get the three articles (about 15,600 words). They are  
> nowhere else on the web..
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> Keith Thomas
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