Endgame - A talk by Derrick Jensen

I love Derrick Jensen, his book endgame is a must read, - he opened my already opened eyes to so much - definitely a lot of food for thought - he is radical - but when one really gets down to it what he says is very true here are the premises that the book is based on and yes they are radical but relevant

"Having long laid waste our own sanity, and having long forgotten what it feels like to be free, most of us too have no idea what it’s like to live in the real world"

Its this 'real' world that jensen opens eyes to and its a world most of us have never fully been aware of which is why we face the twin crisis of climate change and Peak Oil

Premises of Endgame

Premise One: Civilization is not and can never be sustainable. This is especially true for industrial civilization.

Premise Two: Traditional communities do not often voluntarily give up or sell the resources on which their communities are based until their communities have been destroyed. They also do not willingly allow their landbases to be damaged so that other resources—gold, oil, and so on—can be extracted. It follows that those who want the resources will do what they can to destroy traditional communities.

Premise Three: Our way of living—industrial civilization—is based on, requires, and would collapse very quickly without persistent and widespread violence.

the rest can be read here

explore the site above there are many excerts and perhaps ask your book shop to order some it comes in two volumes

thank you for posting it here - its an excellent resource and insight into who we are as a humanity