From the Novacadia website www.novacadia.org
Sebastian Ronin writes, “Peak Oil, the advent of Post-Peak Oil, global warming, climate chaos, global overpopulation, 9/11 Truth, and North American Union are all inter-related givens. These are our times. We live upon the cusp of a major historical transition.
NAmerican secessionists are agreed that the NAmerican secessionist movement is a consequence of, and response to, the collapse of the American Empire. This view is only a partial, though important, analysis of the secessionist phenomenon. A wider perspective incorporates the collapse of industrial civilization, which is global in scope and, of which the United States is but one player, albeit the central player.
We live in an age that encompasses a colossal contradiction. On the one hand, there is the corporatist and technocratic thrust for globalization and a purported New World Order. On the other hand, there is the interrelated dynamic of empire collapse. Both tendencies stem from a diminishing supply of and access to cheap energy resources as evidenced by the imminent arrival of Peak Oil.
Both of these historical events, although diametrically opposed as political templates, are one and the same of a greater whole. The latent collapse of industrial civilization is the mirror image of the seemingly desperate and brutal grasp at the creation of a technocratic fascist state. It does not require a degree in rocket science to conclude that not both of these global tendencies can succeed. A clash of perceptions, of values and of political wills is inevitable. It is proposed that the balance of the 21stcentury will be the timeline for this clash.”
I’ve now been in contact with Sebastian for around a month and I can tell you categorically, he’s someone you should be in contact with, if you’re at all concerned with peak oil.
He’s certainly a helmsman in the global peak oil fleet and an informed gentleman. Those of you who follow the warrior path will know what I mean by ‘gentleman’.
Sebastian is a powerful ally and has shown profound insight into the plethora of related peak oil issues. Those who stand with the AlienWorld tribe should extend an Honorable hand of friendship and alliance to Sebastian and his tribe(s). Please take the time to visit and read up on the following:
Website http://www.novacadia.org
Blog http://novacadia.wordpress.com
Blog http://secessionistmycelium.blogspot.com
Forum http://namericansecession.ning.com
GPNS Leadership bid by Sebastian
http://novascotiagreens.ning.com/forum/topics/gpns-leadership-intent-to
You may also find Sebastian on Facebook using the search option or by looking on the AlienWorld friends page.
Novacadia has been added to the AlienWorld links page and Sebastian’s Position Paper has been added to our list of Research Papers. Take a look and Enjoy!
Oh, and good luck with the leadership bid Sebastian!
Michael
Sebastian,
RE: “Once one steps over the line, all else falls simply (though not always easily) into place. "With commitment the world opens," is how an older saying captures this spiritual dynamic. I would simply expand on that maxim for political conduct by suggesting that we all have our personal Rubicons to cross.”
For the vast majority of ordinary, run-of-the-mill citizens out there, be it Australian, Canadian or whatever else, the notion of voluntarily stepping over the line and committing to being part of the solution in this dawning crisis is in my opinion expecting too much, too soon.
I find no fault whatsoever in your post and believe it to be the truth. The predicament we face at this stage in the game however, is no different to what it was ten years ago – education and proliferation. How can we expect our fellow citizens to form an educated stance and then furthermore act or commit to something they barely understand or are even aware of?
Our battle lies squarely with the mainstream, not the fringes and the mainstream requires a somewhat diluted, jingle-pop remix of the bare buttocks facts as far as peak oil is concerned. First, the mob needs to be exposed to peak oil on a mass scale via multiple mediums catering to the multitude of different tribes and cultures comprising it.
This means utilizing proliferation strategies we might not personally be excited about but if this is what it takes to reach critical mass, then we should take heed. Once volume is on our side, its simple mathematics that some will choose to ‘cross their own Rubicon’ and step over the line.
Political will comes with numbers and those numbers come by giving them what they want, how they want it. Proliferation needs to be launched as an exercise in mass marketing. Sell the consumer what they want, not what we want – and somewhere in there, you switch on the colourful blinking lights of peak oil with a catchy tune to boot.
It’s not the fault of the mob that the peak oil movement has made no definitive ground in the mainstream arena during the past decade. It’s the fault of the movement itself. We need to rethink our strategies and take lessons from the marketing guru’s. Again, this may cause a cringe response but its up to us to build a bridge and get over this.
Once the mainstream, diluted yards have been won – then and only then can we expose the masses to the nightmare looming in the night. The way I see it, we need to exercise discipline here. Your thoughts?
Michael
Posted by: Michael Pinilla | August 01, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Thank you, Michael:
The quote that you have lifted from the position paper highlights for your readers, IMO, the political essence of our age. If this is not, firstly, perceived and then, secondly, accepted, whatever decisions and actions may be taken are likely to drift into the world as errant shots. We cannot afford to be releasing errant shots. Time is at a premium; it is everyone's scarcest resource and, it happens to be non-renewable.
We have either entered onto the Post-Peak Oil descent curve or we have not. It is a black and white condition; the luxury of sitting on an either/or fence of conjecture is not afforded us.
For those whose perception of things attaches to the latter scenario, i.e. we have entered onto, then decisions and actions will be an extension of that "truth." True to any major historical paradigm shift we do not "discover" our world as much as we "create" it.
Once one steps over the line, all else falls simply (though not always easily) into place. "With commitment the world opens," is how an older saying captures this spiritual dynamic. I would simply expand on that maxim for political conduct by suggesting that we all have our personal Rubicons to cross. Until one arrives at the point of no return, it is all play, pretend, drama. There is nothing particularly "wrong" with the latter, but within a context of doing what must be done it is safe, and nothing happens at a position of safe; safe is a void of philosophical posturing.
These are early days for Post-Peak Oil political organizing and conduct. Everyone and everything are right on schedule. Breath in, breath out.
Posted by: Sebastian Ronin | July 31, 2009 at 06:15 PM